Controls Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• BS degree preferred in Electrical Engineering or similar
• 10+ years of control system design to include feedback control systems using CAN bus protocol
• Desire marine electrical knowledge to include power generation, power distribution, navigation, communication, video, equipment installations, junction box installation, cable routing, cableways and penetrations, and lighting systems
• Experience with MS Office, BC Dynamics, AutoCAD, Zuken, Python, PDM, PLM, MRP, SharePoint, and Access
• The ability to work unsupervised efficiently and effectively
• Have excellent communication, teamwork, leadership, conflict management, and critical thinking skills
• 5 years program management experience desired
• Ability to be lead technical advisor to achieve scope, cost, and schedule targets
• Ability to pay attention to detail and to work on complex configurations
• Understanding of compliance to AS9100 and Mil-STD-973
• U.S. citizenship is required for most positions due to security clearance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Specifies, designs, optimizes, adapts, and tests electronic control systems to remotely control and autonomously control maritime related processes.
• Develops technical designs, process diagrams, ladder logic diagrams, and control schematics to implement automation controls according to customer requirements.
• Configures systems using PLC and HMI techniques.
• Models, tests, and measures output and data to analyze performance or quality issues and develop solutions.
• Coordinates with customer, sub-contractors and vendors to manage inputs to design activities.
• Software development for feedback control systems using CAN bus protocol.
• Meets daily with team members to identify roadblocks and remove roadblocks.
• Develop electrical power generation and power distribution systems for marine applications.
• Integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5i) systems into vessel.
• Approve wiring routing tables with passthrough information, pinout identification, wire type, connector part numbers, label descriptions in MS Access.
• Ensures that all work is performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, and terms of the contract including ABS standards within assigned SWBS section.
• Partners with Weight Manager to monitor and control the weight of the systems to meet design targets.
• Approver of Engineering Change Notifications to formally release design data.
• Initiates Engineering Change Requests when improvements or errors are identified.
• Redlines released designs for junior engineers to incorporate into the controlled design.
• Development of engineering deliverables in accordance with engineering processes, ensuring safe, fit for purpose engineering deliverables, and presenting material associated with the above life-cycle reviews.
• Approve drawings using Product Life Cycle Management system following company workflow.
• Addresses ECRs on time to support production readiness.
• Issues ECNs on time to implement new designs and changes.
• Partner with quality to troubleshoot installation issues, determine root cause, and recommend solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the department by creating work instructions for best practices as well as mentoring/training junior designers.
• Reviews peers work for compliance to engineering standards.
• Works autonomously and unsupervised.
• Leads a small team of engineers and designers.
• Tasks performed are of a complex nature.

Benefits

• contributions towards health insurance
• 401(k) matching