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Position: Industrial Controls Engineer – PLC’s (All experience levels)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Industry: Space & Defense
Role: Hybrid / Full-Time Permanent
Our Client in the Space, Defense, and Power Systems Industry is seeking Industrial Control Engineers who specialize in Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) based control systems.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Design and testing of large-scale safety-rated control systems, specifically including energy storage and medium voltage (4160V, 1000 VDC, 13.8 kV) power distribution.
· Development of PLC logic to automate large-scale power systems.
· Development of Human to human-to-machine interfaces (HMI).
· Variable-Frequency Drive (VFD) deployment.
· Incorporation of high-speed data logging.
· Develop overall control architectures, select parts, build test stands, and support overall system development and third-party integration.
· PLC software development.
· Creation, review, and issuance of prototype and production-level electrical drawings and schematics
Education and Experience Requirements:
· United States Citizenship is required due to US Government ITAR program restrictions.
· Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.
· Experience programming Allen Bradley PLCs and HMIs
Controls Engineering Experience Needed; 2 to 8 years
· STEM-related MS with 2 years of Industrial Controls experience.
· STEM-related BS with 4 years of Industrial Controls experience.
· STEM-related AS with 6 years of Industrial Controls experience.
· Ex-military with 8 years of industrial control experience
The following experience is not required, but highly desirable:
· Military experience
· High-speed communications development
· TÜV functional safety certificate
· Familiarity with MODBUS and CANbus communications
Immediate Requirements/Projects include:
· PLC and HMI software development for energy storage systems.
· Selection of safety-rated components for large-scale control system.
· Safety control systems.
