R&D Instrumentation and Control Engineer – Industrial Automation
| Company | Commonwealth Fusion Systems |
|---|---|
| Location | Devens, MA, USA |
| Salary | $80000 – $180000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or another related engineering field
- 5 years experience designing and writing software for control systems, automation, robotics or similar
- The ability to succeed in a fast-paced and dynamic engineering environment
Responsibilities
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and physicists
- Collaborate with other I&C engineers, software engineers, & key stakeholders to build and install PLC frameworks, libraries, functions, & HMIs to achieve system requirements
- Design, document, build, and install industrial PLC equipment, harnessing, and cabinetry
- Research, install, and qualify sensors for the operation & measurement of wide range subsystems and magnet products
- Document system-level wiring diagrams and test stand configuration
- Implement system safety features including interlocks and fault-detection
- Data analysis with a focus on data integrity, quality, reliability and performance improvement
- Create custom hardware & software solutions to improve manufacturability, yield, and reliability of large magnet production style test stands
- Utilize industry standard software best practices including Jira workflows, GitHub version control, peer code reviews, and unit testing
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing P&ID, electrical, and wiring schematics and diagrams, and then working with a team to translate these into a functioning system for the acquisition of decision quality data
- Familiar with industrial PLC cabinet schematic and layout tools such as AutoCAD Electrical or SkyCAD Electrical
- Experience assembling and troubleshooting electrical and mechanical hardware
- Experience with Siemens and Beckhoff PLC hardware and software including TwinCAT
- Experience successfully working closely with time series database & IT technologies
- Experience designing HMIs and SCADA, particularly with Ignition
- Industrial communication protocol experience (TCP/IP, UDP, Profinet, ProfiSAFE, Modbus, CAN, RS232, RS485)
- Proficiency with IEC 61131-3 languages, particularly Structured Text
- Experience with Software Lifecycle Management – QA, version control, testing, commissioning and validation
- Experience with C/C++, Python, Java, and other programming skills
- Experience with control systems for test applications including PIDs, state machines, real-time, sequencers, etc.