Senior SCADA Integration Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Kennett Square, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. This position is part of Tangent Energy’s Solar, Energy Storage, and Generator Set business. The primary responsibility of this position is developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Tangent Energy’s monitoring and control systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
Analytical Thinking: Extensive knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances. Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation. Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research. Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action. Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts. Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Communicating Complex Concepts: Extensive knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience. Uses subtle cues to determine the language and experience level of an individual or group. Introduces technical terminology to listeners in the context of the product or service. Uses effective analogies to help an audience understand a novel feature of a product or service. Explains important details as they relate to the basic value of the product or service. Approaches communication challenges from various angles to find the one that works. Proceeds to next level of information when audience is ready.
Problem Solving: Expert knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. Gains agreement on the problem-solving process, risk assessment, decision points, and criteria. Trains others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing their impact. Orchestrates the resolution of high-impact and cross-functional problems. Successfully organizes problem solvers and stakeholders for high-impact problems. Predicts and explains long-term trends and implications for alternatives. Monitors industry for best practices and new techniques in problem-solving.
Embedded Systems: Expert knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within. Consults key stakeholders to integrate different technologies in embedded systems. Designs different metrics characterizing different forms of embedded debugging. Implements maintenance strategies depending on the variety of elements in an embedded system. Investigates the role of ML and AI in designing embedded system products. Monitors the trends and continuous growth in embedded systems driven by the Internet of Things. Optimizes embedded systems to reduce the size and cost of the product and increase performance.

Nice To Haves

Strong background in Distributed Energy Resources (DER) & Microgrids
Familiarity in setting SCADA design standards

Responsibilities

Planning, engineering, & designing SCADA and communications systems to interface with the Tangent AMP software and 3rd party systems and distributed energy resources (DERs).
Design and maintain fleet level SCADA systems that integrate with various ISO’s and utilities required for DER market participation (ISO-NE, PJM, MISO, etc.).
Design and implement custom microgrid control sequencing for grid-tied and islanded applications.
Developing communication block diagrams, panel layout drawings, SCADA AC & DC schematics, communication drawings, & network drawings.
Developing configurations for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) - (SEL RTAC, etc.).
Developing network device configurations for switches, routers, & firewalls. (Cisco, SEL, etc.).
Design and integration of SCADA system network & communication systems (DNP3, Modbus, SEL Protocol, IEC 61850, TCP/IP, UDP) remotely and onsite (if required).
Coordinating with relay settings engineers to develop/review communication port settings for protection relays, meters, & other devices.
Develop and execute commissioning and testing plans to required for data validation and end-to-end control architecture implementation.
Providing technical support to customers and Tangent’s operations center, developing technical documents, user manuals, and operational procedures and participating in project management and project coordination.
Assisting engineering with control wiring and control concepts.
Working with and managing third party engineering firms to verify all technical information to designs meet project specifications and design requirements.
Working in conjunction with Tangent Leadership to develop SCADA design standards.