Senior Design Engineer

STAFFING TECHNOLOGIES
Nashville, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 146K

Job location

Nashville, United States of America

Tech stack

Fieldbus
Program Optimization
Human-Computer Interaction
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
PID Controllers
Signal Processing
Software Requirements Analysis
Systems Integration
Software Technical Review
SC Clearance

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Design Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting complex industrial and aerospace testing environments. This role is responsible for designing, analyzing, and implementing instrumentation and control systems that support mission-critical testing operations., * Design, evaluate, analyze, and support the installation of instrumentation and control systems.

  • Develop instrumentation and control system designs to meet operational and testing requirements.
  • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, systems, and test engineers throughout the design process.
  • Develop system requirements and engineering documentation.
  • Design, develop, and maintain instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
  • Design and support PLC, DCS, and HMI control systems.
  • Develop automated control strategies, logic diagrams, and control narratives.
  • Prepare engineering calculations, technical studies, reports, and design documentation.
  • Review Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) for instrumentation and control requirements.
  • Prepare instrumentation specifications and procurement documentation.
  • Review vendor submittals and provide technical recommendations.
  • Participate in technical design reviews and engineering issue resolution.
  • Support system integration, commissioning, startup, testing, and troubleshooting.
  • Foster a collaborative, safety-focused engineering environment.

Requirements

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a NACI required (Active Secret Clearance preferred)
  • No 3rd Parties
  • No C2C, * Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited university.
  • Minimum 8 years of progressive Instrumentation & Controls engineering experience.
  • Strong experience designing industrial instrumentation and control systems.
  • Experience with PLC, DCS, and HMI platforms.
  • Experience with closed-loop and PID control systems.
  • Strong understanding of process instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
  • Experience reviewing P&IDs, preparing logic diagrams, and developing engineering documentation.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a NACI.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active Secret Security Clearance.
  • Experience with process control strategy development and system optimization.
  • Experience with industrial networking and fieldbus technologies.
  • Experience supporting field engineering, commissioning, startup, or plant operations.
  • Experience supporting aerospace, defense, manufacturing, utilities, chemical processing, power generation, petrochemical, nuclear, or other large industrial facilities.

Preferred Technical Experience

  • PLC Programming
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
  • Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
  • SCADA
  • Process Controls
  • Closed-Loop Control Systems
  • PID Controls
  • Process Instrumentation
  • Sensors & Transducers
  • Signal Conditioning
  • Data Acquisition Systems
  • Calibration
  • Signal Processing
  • Analog & Digital Filtering
  • P&IDs
  • Logic Diagrams
  • Industrial Automation
  • Control Valves
  • Engineering Calculations
  • Instrumentation Design
  • Industrial Networking & Fieldbus Technologies

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