Mid-Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer - Hiring Bonus Available

Jacobs Solutions - Bingham Farms, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Bingham Farms, MI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At Jacobs, we are committed to challenging the status quo and redefining how to solve the world's greatest challenges. As a Mid-Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in supporting a variety of projects, from small studies to multi-million dollar turn-key supply. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting environment, collaborating with industry experts to develop solutions for mission-critical challenges, including NASA's return to the moon and the development of fuel-efficient vehicles. You will be part of a team that specializes in the design, construction, and operation of complex research and development facilities, working on projects that span the automotive, defense, nuclear, and aerospace markets. Your responsibilities will include developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems, as well as control system software designs that manage various parameters such as temperature, pressure, and motion. You will also be involved in programming PLCs and HMIs, applying closed-loop control methods, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. This role requires effective communication with clients and management regarding project status, as well as coordination with other engineering disciplines to ensure project success. You will have the opportunity to lead control and data acquisition projects through all phases, from design to commissioning, while mentoring junior colleagues and driving innovation throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Develop control system software designs that include control of temperature, pressure, humidity, flow, force, motion of mechanisms, system safety, human safety, and other advanced process and electromechanical systems.
• Develop control system software in PLC ladder logic, function block, HMI programming, etc.
• Develop interfaces to facility equipment using hardwired interfaces and industrial networks.
• Apply closed loop controls methods, both classical and modern, to control continuously variable systems.
• Provide quality system processes such as checking the work of others, following standard procedures, and ensuring compliance to codes and standards.
• Support hardware assembly and fabrication.
• Provide on-site team direction of facility startup, checkout, and commissioning activities, both domestically and abroad.
• Communicate with clients and management regarding project status.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and departments to ensure success.
• Estimate system design, material, installation, checkout, commissioning, and activation of projects.
• Plan labor resources and scheduling project milestones to ensure project completion within technical scope, budget, and client schedule.
• Develop proposals to capture future work with current clients and new markets.
• Lead control and data acquisition projects through all phases to include design, fabrication, implementation, testing and commissioning.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechatronics, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering program.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in control or data acquisition system design, implementation, and commissioning.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in good standing is a plus.
• Experienced software developer in a high-level environment such as C/C++/C# or with an engineering application software tool such as LabVIEW, MATLAB and SIMULINK/SIMSCAPE.
• Experienced PLC and HMI software developer in one of the major environments (for instance, Rockwell Software Studio 5000, SIEMENS TIA Portal, Emerson PC ME) with a working knowledge of the other environments.
• Experience selecting, specifying, and procuring process instrumentation and actuation hardware, control and data acquisition system hardware, PLCs, drive and motion systems, automation network hardware, interconnect cabling and supporting equipment.
• A solid math background to select and develop data uncertainty calculations, digital filter algorithms, control transfer function realizations, and process simulation.
• An ability to lead single and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver technically successful control and data systems, often unique one-of-a-kind systems.
• A desire to develop ingenious alternative approaches to challenges, and drive innovation during all phases of projects.
• US Citizenship.

Nice-to-haves

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in good standing is a plus.