Senior Controls & Instrumentation Engineer - Hiring Bonus Availa

Jacobs Solutions - Tullahoma, TN

Full-time - Senior

Tullahoma, TN

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 Senior-Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in transforming abstract ideas into intelligent solutions that contribute to a more connected and sustainable world. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with industry experts on mission-critical projects, including NASA's return to the moon and the development of fuel-efficient vehicles for international automotive manufacturers. You will be part of a team that tackles challenges in emerging technologies, cyber, intelligence, space exploration, and energy transformation, ensuring national security and supporting communities. In this role, you will lead teams in developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems. You will also be responsible for the development of control system software designs that encompass various parameters such as temperature, pressure, humidity, and motion of mechanisms. Your expertise in PLC ladder logic, function block programming, and HMI programming will be essential as you develop interfaces to facility equipment and apply closed-loop control methods to continuously variable systems. You will ensure quality system processes by checking the work of others, following standard procedures, and ensuring compliance with codes and standards. Your responsibilities will also include providing on-site direction for facility startup, checkout, and commissioning activities, both domestically and internationally. You will coordinate with other engineering disciplines to ensure project success, plan labor resources, and schedule project milestones to meet technical scope, budget, and client timelines. Additionally, you will develop proposals to capture future work and mentor junior and mid-level engineers on engineering and business development processes. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to contribute to innovative solutions that make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Lead development of 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.
• Provide on-site team direction of facility startup, checkout, and commissioning activities, both domestically and abroad.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and departments to ensure success.
• Plan labor resources and schedule 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.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on engineering and business development processes.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechatronics, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering program.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in control or data acquisition system design, implementation, and commissioning.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in good standing is a plus.
• Experience in a lead engineer role, managing resources to a schedule and budget, coordinating with other disciplines, estimating labor requirements for new and existing projects.
• 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.
• Working knowledge of PlantPAx is a plus.
• 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.
• Must train, encourage, and mentor junior colleagues.
• A desire to develop ingenious alternative approaches to challenges, and drive innovation during all phases of projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in good standing is a plus.
• Working knowledge of PlantPAx is a plus.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement possible for proven performers and depending on project responsibilities.
• Overtime to meet project schedules and milestones (10%-20%).
• Field assignments that include 2nd or 3rd shift (5%-15%).
• Critical attendance and punctuality for field work.