Form Energy
Senior Controls Engineer
Weirton, WV · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- This role offers an exciting opportunity to bring cutting edge manufacturing equipment to life while doing your part to help combat climate change!
Responsibilities
- Design and specify the control system architecture, including PLC hardware selection and I/O mapping.
- Develop the Initial Sequence of Operations (SOO) to define exactly how the machine behaves in every state.
- Perform rigorous electrical system analysis (short circuit current, thermal loading, and power consumption) to ensure safety and reliability.
- Lead the selection of sensors, actuators, and instrumentation, ensuring compatibility with the broader controls environment.
- Participate in initial equipment conceptual development and carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits.
- Lay out new industrial electrical control panels which are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant, and create electrical, pneumatic and fluid schematics.
- Experience transitioning a concept from a functional requirements document to a fully wired control panel.
- Proven ability to design fault-tolerant systems with error handling and recovery.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree or higher in Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering
- 7+ years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Robotics Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems.
- Proficiency with electromechanical / mechatronic system design and motion control as well as process automation.
- Advanced proficiency in programming industrial equipment with a focus on ladder logic and structured text.
- Experience with Siemens and Rockwell controls platforms.
- Experience with Safety PLCs.
- Experience with multiple industrial communications protocols (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, MODBUS TCP, and serial).
Nice to have
- Proficiency creating detailed electrical schematics in CAD (AutoCAD Electrical preferred).
Compensation
- Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy's culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that.
Benefits
- Experience programming and/or interfacing with vision inspection systems (Keyence, Cognex, Zebra).
- Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy's culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that.
- Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.
- When it comes to you and your family's health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents.
Company info
- We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand.
- We are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.
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