Controls & Embedded Systems Engineer - Field Deployment
About The Position
American Turbines is designing small modular gas turbines, purpose-built for distributed power generation. Machines designed from a blank sheet to be manufactured at scale, clustered in arrays. Hundreds of units operating in parallel, dynamically matching load like a compute cluster matches demand. We are a seed-stage company backed by the investors behind SpaceX, Boom Supersonic, and Hadrian. The Controls Engineer for our installation program will own running the microturbines we bring on-site, first as a single unit and then as a fleet, on their existing controls. You are the person who gets these machines started, keeps them running, and relays every bit of turbine data back to HQ. You'll be based in San Francisco, but plan on stretches of weeks on-site during installation and commissioning, not just the occasional trip. You will be on-site for our first installation, working directly with the equipment rather than managing it remotely. You'll troubleshoot control issues in the field, in real time, on hardware we're still getting to know. Down the line, this work may also inform how we approach controls on our own turbines. This is not a desk job, but it's not permanent field presence either. You should want to be at a remote industrial site for weeks at a time when the work calls for it, hands-on with the equipment, not just willing to tolerate it.
Requirements
- Experience with real-time controls on complex, safety-critical electromechanical systems (e.g., turbines, generators, industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles).
- Ability to get productive fast on unfamiliar hardware.
- Ability to read schematics and control logic.
- Ability to find your way around control systems under pressure.
- Willingness to be at the site, not in the office reading logs after the fact.
- Comfortable figuring out why something isn't working the way the manual says it should, on a system you didn't design.
Responsibilities
- Own running the microturbines on-site, first as a single unit and then as a fleet, on their existing controls.
- Get these machines started and keep them running.
- Relay every bit of turbine data back to HQ.
- Troubleshoot control issues in the field, in real time, on hardware we're still getting to know.
- Inform how we approach controls on our own turbines (down the line).
Benefits
- Generous stock package.
- Medical, vision, and dental care.
- 2% matching on 401(k).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
