Controls System Engineer

Position: Controls System Engineer

Location: Houston TX (Onsite)

Exp: 5-12 Yrs

Only USC GC TN visa holders; NO to CPT OPT

Candidate needs to be on your W2 (No Sub-contractor allowed)

What You will Do:

• Develop state-of-the-art controls & automation systems technology.
• Lead development (develop code for PLC NI or related software control systems) commissioning and testing of control systems for frac and stimulation equipment.
• Design and implement automation system networks including specifying communications protocols communications media and associated hardware.
• Conduct hardware & software verification and validation.

What You Will Bring:

• Experience in oil & gas and power generation preferred.
• Experience in large-scale industrial processes (chemical pharmaceutical oil & gas refining)
• Proven experience in the development of advanced controls systems and Human Machine Interface (HMI) including PLC-based systems including model-based predictive and corrected parameter controls including the application of plant level modeling.
• Strong background and experience in signal processing and analysis control systems system dynamics and associated mathematics and computation.
• Experience with system identification data acquisition measurement and estimation techniques.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g. Modbus UDP/TCP CAN Profinet more) for system integration
• Experience with sensors actuators pumps VFDs and other industrial automation hardware is a plus.
• Experience with system safety design: IEC 61508 IEC 61131-3 functional safety (SIL).

Competency Skills & Abilities

• Expertise implementing Siemens TIA portal Allen Bradley and/or National Instrument cRIO control systems.
• Ability to program in Microsoft VS other IDE C# and C Phyton Java MATLAB is a Plus.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings and diagrams electrical schematics piping and instrument drawings (P&IDs) flow charts and cause and effect diagrams.
• Strong troubleshooting documentation and technical communication skills.
• Support commissioning activities for field installations as needed.

Qualifications

• Skills acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline and 4 years of related experience.
• Completion of a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline is preferred.