Facilities Control Engineer

Lam Research Corporation; Tualatin (OR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Lam Research Corporation in Oregon is seeking a Control Engineer to lead design, commissioning, and integration of facilities control systems for R&D labs and production equipment.

You will develop specs, manage design costs, and ensure compliance with safety codes, collaborating with Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical teams for efficient execution.

Qualifications

• BS degree in electrical/controls, mechanical engineering, or computer science.
• 5+ years in semiconductor facility controls and instrumentation is preferred.
• Experience with PLCs, HMI, and SCADA in continuous processes.
• Ability to lead design and commissioning of critical facilities controls.

Responsibilities

• Technical lead for design, commissioning, and operations of facility control systems.
• Integrate life-safety systems into building management systems.
• Develop P&IDs, single-line diagrams, and control narratives.
• Coordinate with vendors and Lam Engineering teams for delivery.
• Create SOPs and support startup, commissioning, and tool installations.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Controls engineering

P&ID design

Ladder logic

HMI programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Controls or Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLC

GE/Emerson PLC

HMI platforms

SCADA

Job description

The group you'll be a part of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

The impact you’ll make

The Control Engineer will manage the development of discipline specific engineering designs and drawings, developing specifications, and scope of work documents for design and construction of new R&D Lab facilities, new process equipment installations, and existing facility system alterations. This includes planning facilities changes and production equipment layouts, working toward efficiency and economy of operation, maximum use of facilities and equipment, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs. Develops design engineering criteria and performance specifications required to meet unique process equipment and facility systems operating requirements and building safety codes. Leads the discipline-specific systems operations and maintenance activities to ensure safe and efficient operation.

What you’ll do

• Technical lead for design, construction, commissioning, system acceptance testing, and operations of critical facilities control and gas detection systems.


• Manage the Integration of critical facilities and life safety systems into building management system (BMS) for operational visibility, alarms and trends, performing the integration directly as needed.


• Experience designing process flow diagrams, P&IDs, single line diagrams, cable and conduit schedules, instrumentation and control data sheets, I/O lists, industrial networking, OT infrastructure and server architecture, and controls narratives is a plus.


• Leads repairs, maintenance, calibrations and spare parts programs.


• Ensures new facilities and new process tool installation designs incorporate the latest controls and instrumentation standards and best practices.


• Ensure that the controls vendors are coordinated with Lam Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical) for proper delivery and implementation for controls on infrastructure projects.


• Maintain control system infrastructure capacity to meet future demands.


• Create standard operating documents for operation reference, train facilities technicians/outside service providers. Perform annual updates of SOPs and refresher trainings.


• Create design and operational FMEA’s to identify failure modes and build a robust control system.


• Manage outsourced service providers to ensure work is completed as scheduled and incident action items follow-up is completed within agreed upon durations.


• Support startup and commissioning of all process tool installations and facilities expansion projects and support facilities shutdown projects and activities.


• Flexibility to travel periodically both foreign and domestic to support global Lam projects

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Controls or Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science with minimum 5 years of semiconductor industry experience in a facility controls and instrumentation role. A candidate with a technical degree/certificate plus 10 years of industrial control system integration experience, including PLC programmingin a continuous process or manufacturing environment will also be considered.


• Demonstrated responsibility for developing industrial controls and facility controls designs


• Industry experience in one or all of the following areas; specifying industrial controls hardware and develop wiring diagrams for supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA), develop control system software in PLC ladder logic, function block, structured text and HMI programming and troubleshooting of the SCADA systems.


• Experience with the start-up and commissioning of control hardware and software systems (systems, integration, instrumentation callout, panel layout, industrial networking, and construction)


• Experiencewith Allen Bradley PLC hardware/software. Logix-based PLC programming experience developing new programs and troubleshooting existing programs. Experience with GE/Emerson PLC hardware/software is also a plus.


• Ability to program and troubleshoot at least two commercially available industrial control system HMI software platforms. (Wonderware InTouch, GE Cimplicity, GE iFix, Rockwell Factory Talk, Ignition, ALC, Delta)


• Experience configuring and troubleshooting networking devices such as industrial Ethernet switches, gateways and OPC servers. Configuring and troubleshooting industrial protocols (Common Industrial Protocol - ControlNet, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, Modbus RTU and TCP/IP, BACnet, Profinet, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus and HART Protocol)


• Desired working knowledge of firefighting, toxic gas monitoring design, experience designing and operating Fire Life Safety Systems (FLSS) including Fire Protection/fire sprinklers, fire alarm/fire detection and toxic gas monitoring systems (TGMS), experienced reviewing fire alarm programming and signaling needed to meet applicable NFPA and local fire code, experience working with Honeywell Gas Detection (Vertex, ACM150, Sensepoint XCD ) programming, alarming, and signaling.

Our commitment

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. 'On-site Flex' you'll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. 'Virtual Flex' you'll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

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