Systems Engineer, Assoc

Curtiss-Wright•Idaho Falls, ID

12d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Systems and Controls Engineer, you will plan, design, develop, configure, test, and debug computer systems and network architecture for power plant and research reactor process monitoring and control systems. The position is located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and performs work under varying levels of supervision, from some supervision to minimal supervision. The role involves requirements capture and specification; feasibility studies, proof of concept, and prototyping; system design and development; formal testing and integration; documentation; equipment supplier evaluation and purchasing; and support for deployed systems. You will coordinate with customers and team members to ensure designs meet requirements, follow established company standards and procedures, learn new concepts, respond effectively to customer input, take initiative, and participate in process improvement. Due to the nature of work performed at the site, incumbents must be a U.S. Person. The role may involve exposure to export-controlled information and additional security screening. Travel, both domestic and international, is less than 10%.

Requirements

0–2 years of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related degree.
Must be a U.S. Person due to the nature of work performed at the site.
Technical documentation skills.
PLC programming and design experience with a wide mix of control systems.
Good troubleshooting skills, including troubleshooting data acquisition systems, servers and workstations, networks, and AC and DC wiring.
Experience interfacing with field devices, including thermocouples, RTDs, current loops, voltage, and discrete I/O.
Experience with analog and digital electronic circuits.
Experience with networks, including VLAN planning, network switch configuration, and basic routing.
Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio.
Familiarity with performing formal testing and integration.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally, less than 10%.

Nice To Haves

Experience with UL508A is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop, review, test, troubleshoot, and refine system hardware and software requirements with internal and external customers under some supervision.
Perform requirements capture and specification, feasibility work, concept proving and prototyping, and design, develop, test, debug, configure, maintain, and document systems with minimal supervision.
Find, evaluate, and select equipment suppliers, and write purchase requisitions.
Coordinate with customers and team members to ensure system designs meet requirements.
Create and/or review system design documentation under some supervision.
Create and/or review formal test documentation for systems including SCADA computers, PLCs, system health and redundancy, and system data acquisition under some supervision.
Integrate third-party hardware and software and company-developed software into systems under some supervision.
Support deployed systems by analyzing and fixing system-related issues under some supervision.
Follow established guidelines and procedures to ensure technical standards meet company standards.
Learn and apply new concepts to develop and demonstrate technical competence.
Listen to, recognize, and respond to customer input effectively, courteously, and in a timely manner.
Take initiative by anticipating and meeting customer needs and company expectations as problems and opportunities arise.
Participate in process improvement.
Travel domestically and internationally as required, less than 10%.