Engineer II, Controls Design

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

21h

About The Position

At Mitsubishi Power, we're not just building better clean energy technologies; we're architecting a better future. Our team is boldly redefining power generation and energy storage to fast-track the world's energy transition. We operate as one team, pushing toward our vision of the future. At Mitsubishi Power, we value problem-solvers, prioritize collaboration, and support each other in an inclusive culture created through accountability and authenticity by demonstrating our core values of: Safety, Family, Innovative, Inclusive, Accountable & Courageous. Together, we’re building the future we all aspire to — making net zero a reality. One team, one future. Control Systems Design Engineers are responsible for the design of control system enhancements, application studies to provide proposals to customers for those enhancements, implementation packages for those enhancements, and technical service support of electronic control systems used on Mitsubishi and non-OEM gas turbines. Control system service activities include evaluation of operating issues or enhancements, adjustment of turbine control settings, logic changes, and / or hardware modifications to the instrument and control system to improve operability and unit reliability of the gas turbines. The products supported include CPUs, data highways, software, and electronic devices (positioners, switches, routers, instruments, etc.). The Controls Design Engineer is an engineering position that requires knowledge of the engineering principles related to control and electrical systems and begins to develop experience in the application of these principles through training and work assignments. The engineer will also be given assignments of increasing technical difficulty while working under the supervision of more senior engineers or management.

Requirements

BS degree in Computer Science, Controls, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university, or a minimum of six (6) years directly related work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Advanced personal computer skills including graphics (Visio, etc.), Math Lab, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access).
Some overnight travel (expected 5 to 15%) by land and/or air.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an engineering intern or entry level engineer is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the evaluation and enhancement of control system operations with an increasing scope of responsibility. The Control Systems Design Engineer will perform routine work assignments with limited supervision and will actively work to increase product knowledge and skills.
Support ISO 9001 audits and compliance efforts, complying with 002851-DD Design & Development standard operating procedure where applicable, while enhancing documentation and configuration control methods as needed.
Preparation of Service products and Design Standards for new products, including functional logic descriptions, philosophy, SAMA logic drawings, electrical schematics, and other essential documentation.
Prepare comprehensive design implementation documents, ensuring adherence to Mitsubishi Powers America Inc. procedures for operational improvements.
Review operational data to identify benchmarks for control system enhancements, utilizing tools such as PI, Excel, or other data acquisition software.
Provide expert diagnostic support for issue resolution, conducting root cause analyses, and recommending improvements to control system logic or hardware.
Collaborate with MHI control system engineers to achieve consensus on logic and hardware modifications, ensuring unified control system applications.
Make suggestions for product and service improvements to enhance customer satisfaction with Mitsubishi products and services.
Provide technical support to field service personnel on the judgment or interpretation of design criteria for Diasys UPV & Netmation, and Ovation control systems.
Support communications with MHI control system engineers to obtain consensus on logic and hardware modifications and to promote unified control system applications.
Ensure products meet or exceed Mitsubishi Power and customer requirements.
Perform other such duties as may be required.