Why you should join Heirloom
- We are solving the challenge of our generation. Climate change is an existential threat, and we need as many of the world’s motivated minds as possible to help. There is no greater challenge or opportunity than fighting climate change.
- We are a world-class team. We are engineers, scientists, and concerned humans from a variety of backgrounds and experiences who are pooling our knowledge and skills to collectively build a more equitable, prosperous future for all.
- We remain united, resilient, and optimistic. We recognize the magnitude of the challenge ahead of us, yet believe that we can contribute to mitigating the worst effects of climate change. It won’t be easy, but we won’t quit.
The Role
As a Senior Controls Engineer at Heirloom, you’ll be responsible for developing industrial automation solutions that support our research, engineering, and scaled commercial deployments. We’re looking for someone with a strong background across the full range of controls engineering – PLC programming, SCADA, control panel design, electrical knowledge, field wiring, networking and communications, etc – who can take their knowledge and independently drive projects, develop libraries and architectures, and help bring our core technologies to life.
You’ll be expected to lead projects, take an active role in steering design practices, and improve the controls team’s ability to swiftly and effectively deliver custom automation solutions at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Own the design, deployment, and commissioning of a wide range of automation projects, from lab-scale test equipment to large-scale commercial deployments
- Drive and execute controls projects, including developing PLC and HMI/SCADA programming, interfacing with vendors and contractors, and electrical design.
- Be an automation subject matter expert, guiding decision-making around discrete and continuous process automation systems at scale.
- Develop standards and specifications for controls equipment, both built in-house and purchased from outside vendors.
- Work with the mechanical team to develop controls and guide instrumentation and component selection for custom in-house equipment and novel processes.
- Interface with the software team to develop and maintain the data collection and management layer of our projects.
- Collaborate with IT on industrial networking strategies and architecture design
