Electrical Controls Engineer - PLC/SCADA & Startup (Houston)

Ingersoll Rand; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand’s Lone Star Turbo unit in Houston seeks an Electrical Controls Engineer to design, develop, test, and support PLC-based systems for blowers and compressors. You will create control software, HMI/SCADA apps, and lead software projects from requirements through startup with minimal supervision.

You will work closely with customers and engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable solutions, perform validation and testing, and maintain documentation and reusable code for future

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years in industrial automation or controls engineering.
• 2+ years hands-on with PLC platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Phoenix Contact, or Schneider).

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into control software solutions, control narratives, and system design documentation.
• Develop and maintain PLC programs, HMI/SCADA applications, and equipment control strategies.
• Manage assigned controls software projects from requirements and design through implementation, testing, and optimization.
• Develop and execute software validation and acceptance testing, including customer-facing FAT and SAT.
• Support customer-site startup, commissioning, equipment tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Maintain software revisions, reusable code, change records, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams, communicate progress and risks, and improve control software reliability and maintainability.

Skills

Structured Text

Ladder Logic

Function Block Diagram

PLC hardware

Instrumentation

Analog I/O

Digital I/O

VFD control

Schematics

P&IDs

MS Office

Requirements gathering

Communication

Project management

Troubleshooting

Education

Electrical Engineering

Tools

Rockwell Automation

Siemens

Phoenix Contact

Schneider Electric

Job description

Ingersoll Rand’s Lone Star Turbo unit in Houston seeks an Electrical Controls Engineer to design, develop, test, and support PLC-based systems for blowers and compressors. You will create control software, HMI/SCADA apps, and lead software projects from requirements through startup with minimal supervision.

You will work closely with customers and engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable solutions, perform validation and testing, and maintain documentation and reusable code for future