Acceptance Testing, Commissioning, Control Engineering, Control Systems, Debugging Skills, Electricity, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Identify Issues, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Power Generation, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), System Integration (SI)
Job Title: Controls Engineer
Location: Houston, TX
Fulltime
What You will Do:
- Program, test, and debug control logic on multiple PLC platforms.
- Implement subsystem interfaces and data exchange with supervisory control systems.
- Develop logic for sequencing, interlocks, alarms, and fault handling.
- Implement fail safe behavior, including communication loss detection.
- Support HMI integration through PLC tags, diagnostics, and control logic.
- Participate in system integration, FAT, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
What You Will Bring:
- Experience with power generation systems or rotating equipment controls.
- Exposure to alternator protection/synchronization and SCR systems.
- Experience with Simulink PLC Coder
- Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Tests (FAT/SAT) and field commissioning experience.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, Controls, or related engineering field.
- 10+ years of industrial PLC programming experience.
- Experience with multiple PLC platforms and industrial control systems.
- Strong understanding of sequencing, state based control, and fault handling.
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