Facilities Controls Engineer | PLC/SCADA Application Developer

Texas Instruments•Dallas, TX

About The Position

Texas Instruments is seeking an experienced Facilities Controls Engineer to support PLC/SCADA development and facility utility systems for semiconductor wafer fabrication. Facilities operates more than 150 utility systems—including chemical and gas systems, electrical systems, water systems, HVAC, waste, vacuum, and controls. These systems are designed to operate continuously, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to support manufacturing. The Facilities team works with manufacturing to understand the effects of utility systems on processes and reduce consumption. The role designs, implements, troubleshoots, and supports controls, instrumentation, PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial networks. It also supports facility expansion and sustaining projects, 24-hour operations, code compliance, supplier performance, and collaboration with engineers across disciplines and TI sites. Texas Instruments will not sponsor visa or work authorization applications for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
At least 4 years of relevant engineering experience with industrial controls and instrumentation systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems.
Experience applying controls and instrumentation to process systems such as process cooling water, hot water, air systems, exhaust, and chemical or gas distribution.
Proven experience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLC hardware and software.
Proven experience programming Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLCs using control narratives or sequences of operations.
Experience developing or delivering turnkey Wonderware/Operation Management Interface (OMI) SCADA systems.
Experience with industrial network design, configuration, installation, maintenance, security strategies, and troubleshooting.
Basic understanding of PID loop tuning.
Ability to terminate instrumentation to a controller and perform calibration through the program interface.
Ability to troubleshoot alarms, field instrumentation, pneumatic and electric control valves, variable-speed drives, and motor starters.
Experience managing multidisciplinary projects.
Ability to respond quickly to potentially critical situations, assess them rapidly and accurately, identify failure causes, determine corrective actions, and implement corrections promptly to mitigate system upsets.
Proficiency with PC hardware and Windows-based applications.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and troubleshoot controls systems and instrumentation, including flow, pressure, temperature, level, pH, and water-quality monitoring equipment.
Program and troubleshoot PLCs, including PLC hardware, I/O interface modules, and programming software.
Program and troubleshoot SCADA systems used to monitor facility systems.
Design, implement, and troubleshoot secure and reliable industrial networks for communication between devices, including PLC-to-PLC and PLC-to-SCADA communication.
Assist with development and execution of controls-related scope for facility expansion and sustaining projects, including process and instrumentation diagrams, sequence of operations, I/O lists, panel drawings, and instrumentation lists.
Understand industrial equipment and processes, their operating parameters, and make decisions with engineering support to improve or maintain associated controls and instrumentation hardware and software.
Provide technical controls support for the 24-hour operations team.
Ensure projects and systems comply with applicable codes, including the National Electric Code and International Fire Code.
Influence supplier performance through management and audits of field work.
Develop relationships and communicate with engineers across disciplines and at other TI sites to promote best-practice sharing and communication.