Electrical Engineer Controls & Automation

Prescient Edge is seeking aElectrical Engineer - Controls & Automationto support a Federal Government client.

Benefits & Compensation:

At Prescient Edge we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyones success. To that end we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including medical vision dental and orthodontia coverage.

• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities including on-the-job training tuition reimbursement and networking.

• A positive work environment where employees are respected supported and engaged.

• Salary Range: $100000-$117000. Salary to be determined by the education experience knowledge skills and abilities of the applicant internal equity and alignment with market data.

Position Overview

Prescient Edge is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support U.S. Navy Craft Automation & Controls Systems (CACS) development for autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) in the Norfolk Virginia area. The position supports requirements analysis control-system design laboratory integration and on-water troubleshooting and assessment. The ideal candidate brings hands-on industrial automation and electrical-controls experience with PLCs sensors actuators machinery control systems power systems and integrated hardware/software in dynamic test environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate technical and project requirements and translate them into practical craft automation and control-system architectures for autonomous USV applications.

• Select and integrate appropriate control hardware sensors actuators computers PLCs and third-party control system components.

• Determine interface requirements for sensors engines actuators hydraulic components and third-party controls using technical documentation vendor/OEM information and Government/engineering collaboration.

• Develop control algorithms and state-machine logic based on complex system safety and operational requirements.

PLC / Automation Software & HMI Development

Design program integrate and troubleshoot PLC-based industrial or machinery control systems.

• Interface PLCs with sensors computers actuators and other PLCs using analog digital PWM CANBus and other applicable communications/interfaces.

• Develop intuitive Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) and Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) for operator control monitoring status and troubleshooting.

• Support software function documentation version control configuration management and controlled software deployment.

• Design and integrate hydraulic and electromechanical motion-control systems including electronic valve interfaces and linear or rotary actuators.

• Support design and integration of AC and DC power distribution networks electronic power controls and power storage generation and distribution systems.

• Perform power-load calculations and support management of system electrical budgets.

• Apply grounding shielding signal-isolation and related techniques to mitigate electrical noise in high-power environments.

• Develop or update electrical schematics control-panel/electronics-enclosure layouts component spacing penetrations wire routing and wiring diagrams using AutoCAD SolidWorks Electrical or similar CAD tools.

• Debug and troubleshoot integrated hardware/software control-system issues using oscilloscopes multimeters network analyzers and other appropriate diagnostic tools.

• Support in-lab integration checkout test and assessment of CACS hardware software controls interfaces and associated USV subsystems.

• Support on-water troubleshooting test execution and technical assessment aboard or alongside marine platforms as required.

• Identify root causes document technical issues coordinate corrective actions and support verification of implemented solutions.

• Develop and maintain clear engineering documentation for software functions control logic system interfaces schematics configurations test results and troubleshooting activities.

• Coordinate closely with Government engineers autonomy/software personnel electrical and mechanical engineers operators vendors/OEMs and other technical stakeholders.

• Communicate technical issues early work effectively in changing schedules and test conditions and help drive actions through resolution.

• Education: Bachelors-level degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
• Experience: Minimum three (3) years of professional electrical/electronics engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with industrial automation machinery control systems PLC design/programming or comparable controls engineering.
• Strong analytical ability to diagnose hardware/software integration problems and troubleshoot electrical controls communications or interface issues.
• Experience with state-machine logic control algorithms PLC I/O and integrated sensor/actuator systems.
• Working knowledge of electrical/electronic interfaces and communications used in control systems including analog digital PWM and CANBus.
• Ability to read develop or modify electrical schematics wiring diagrams panel layouts and related engineering documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively within an integrated Governmentcontractor-engineering team.
• Ability to work hands-on in laboratory waterfront vessel and other dynamic test environments including getting underway on marine platforms for hours at a time.
• Ability to meet applicable SECRET clearance safety security site-access and physical requirements.

• Experience supporting autonomous or unmanned vehicles USVs marine automation robotics or comparable complex mobile platforms.
• Experience with safety-critical or fail-safe control-system design interlocks permissives or machinery protection logic.
• Practical understanding of PID controllers including their application within machinery or motion-control systems.
• Familiarity with permissive-bit logic and common PLC input/output types and their use in safe control-system operation.
• Experience with HMI/GUI development for industrial machinery vessel or operator-control applications.
• Experience designing or integrating hydraulic controls actuators engines sensors or third-party machinery control systems.
• Experience with AC/DC power distribution power-generation or energy-storage integration grounding shielding and electrical-noise mitigation.
• Prior U.S. Navy DoD contractor maritime shipboard test-and-evaluation or waterfront engineering experience.

Travel / Work Environment

• Approximately 2550% travel is expected depending on test schedules operational requirements and mission needs. Travel may include multi-day or extended support at customer waterfront shipboard remote and operational test locations. The position primarily supports hands-on electrical engineering installation verification troubleshooting inspection integration and test activities in laboratory pier-side shipboard industrial field and outdoor maritime environments. Candidates must be comfortable with periodic travel changing schedules adverse weather and supporting vessel operations and test events as required.