Automation Engineer I - PLCs & Controls

Framatome North America; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Education reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Framatome North America in Richland, WA, seeks an engineer to join our team delivering advanced automation and control systems for critical nuclear energy applications. You will perform standard engineering tasks in design, development, analysis, testing, and field tasks, while aligning with industry standards.

The role includes overseeing field installs, commissioning, and troubleshooting under mentor guidance, with opportunities to apply CAD modeling and programming skills, and to advance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• Dependent on the position, degrees in Physics, Engineering Technology and Engineering Science may also be accepted.
• Basic knowledge of related engineering standards, techniques and criteria.
• Exposure to CAD modeling and computer programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform standard engineering assignments in design, development, analysis, testing, specifications, field tasks, resolution of quality events.
• Develop awareness of government regulations, organization, industry and customer engineering standards.
• Under a mentor’s guidance, evaluate, select and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgement in making minor adaptations and modifications.
• Oversee field work including new control system installations, functional checkout, integration into existing systems, and troubleshooting.

Skills

Industrial automation

PID tuning

Robotics

Instrumentation and controls

Electrical standards compliance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Degrees in Physics/Engineering Technology/Engineering Science may be accepted

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLCs

ControlLogix

HMI

FactoryTalk

CAD modeling

Job description

Framatome North America in Richland, WA, seeks an engineer to join our team delivering advanced automation and control systems for critical nuclear energy applications. You will perform standard engineering tasks in design, development, analysis, testing, and field tasks, while aligning with industry standards.

The role includes overseeing field installs, commissioning, and troubleshooting under mentor guidance, with opportunities to apply CAD modeling and programming skills, and to advance