Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Design Lead

Xyntek Inc; USA; Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Catalyx is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Technical DesignLead to define, coordinate, and maintain the project’s I&C design requirements, equipment data, and testing standards. Ensure alignment with PCS architecture, site automation roadmap, and industry best practices.

The role involves coordinating with process, electrical, and commissioning teams, reviewing vendor SOWs, and driving cross-disciplinary interfaces to support construction and handover.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Instrumentation and Controls, Electrical, or Automation engineering.
• Experience in instrumentation and controls design for industrial facilities.
• Knowledge of field instrumentation, valves, actuators, cabling, and panels.
• Understanding PCS architectures and vendor equipment integration.
• Experience coordinating with process, electrical, automation, and construction teams.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead I&C design requirements, specifications, schedules, and docs.
• Evaluate instrumentation technologies and standards for site operations.
• Define field instruments, valves, actuators, and connections.
• Coordinate I&C interfaces with process, PCS, electrical, and construction teams.
• Maintain I&C equipment data, specifications, and installation standards.
• Collaborate to align with site automation strategy.
• Provide input for long-lead process equipment packages.
• Define and review I&C requirements in vendor SOWs.
• Coordinate interfaces between vendor equipment and I&C systems.
• Define installation, loop testing, calibration, verification requirements.
• Identify gaps in instrumentation data before procurement/fabrication.
• Ensure designs meet standards, hazardous-area classifications, and safety.
• Lead technical design discussions and cross-disciplinary interfaces.
• Develop I&C design documentation for overall project and workstreams.

Kenntnisse

Instrumentation & Controls

Engineering design

Industrial facilities

Vendor coordination

System integration

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Ausbildung

Instrumentation & Controls Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Automation Engineering

Jobbeschreibung

Frederick, United States | Posted on 10/16/2026

Catalyx specializes in the science of operational processes. With a footprint across North America and Europe, the company carefully automates and services R&D, production, packaging, and delivery processes—globally—with a sophisticated blend of products, technologies, and lifecycle services. The company was formed in 2022 after CXV Global (Crest Solutions, Xyntek, and VistaLink) and Panacea Technologies joined forces. For over three decades, Catalyx’s partnership-based culture has helped organizations in production-intense, highly regulated industries optimize their operational efficiency, performance, and safety. To learn more about the company's experience and comprehensive suite of capabilities and solutions, visit www.catalyx.ai .

Job Description

Catalyx is seeking an Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Technical DesignLead is responsible for defining, coordinating, and maintaining the project’s instrumentation and controls design requirements, equipment data,specifications, installation standards, and testing requirements. This roleensures that I&C designs are technically sound, consistently documented,and aligned with the Process Control System (PCS) architecture, site automationroadmap, industry standards, and overall project objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, coordination, and reviewof I&C design requirements, specifications, schedules, and supportingengineering documentation.
• Evaluate emerging instrumentation technologies,communication protocols, and industry standards to develop recommendationsaligned with site operations, the long-term automation roadmap, and FMC F&Eobjectives.
• Define requirements for field instruments,valves, actuators, junction boxes, panels, cable interfaces, terminations,signal types, and associated installation arrangements.
• Coordinate I&C design interfaces withprocess, PCS, electrical, equipment layout, construction, and commissioningteams to ensure consistency across the engineering package.
• Establish and maintain I&C equipment data,instrument and final-element specifications, cable identification and sizingrequirements, panel and junction-box arrangements, calibration requirements,and installation standards.
• Collaborate with site I&C and automationpersonnel to understand existing operations, validate design decisions, andensure alignment with the site’s current and future automation strategy.
• Provide early technical input to long-leadprocess equipment packages, including bioreactors and vendor-supplied skids,ensuring I&C requirements are complete, clearly defined, and compatiblewith the future PCS architecture.
• Define and review I&C requirements withinvendor Statements of Work (SOWs), including instrumentation, valves, actuators,local devices, panels, junction boxes, cable interfaces, terminations, andhardwired I/O.
• Work closely with the APEO – PCS team to definethe interfaces between vendor-supplied equipment, including dumb skids, andthe project’s instrumentation and control systems.
• Define and coordinate installation, looptesting, calibration, and other I&C verification requirements to supportconstruction, commissioning, and system handover.
• Identify and resolve gaps or inconsistencies ininstrumentation data, loop and cable information, layouts, terminationarrangements, and testing documentation before they impact procurement,fabrication, installation, or commissioning.
• Ensure designs consider applicable engineeringstandards, hazardous-area classifications (including ATEX where applicable),environmental conditions, accessibility, maintainability, and safe installationpractices.
• Serve as the technical I&C design lead whencoordinating with the Design-Build Firm and applicable System Integrators,ensuring consistent implementation of project design requirements.
• Develop and support I&C design documentationfor the overall project, long-lead process equipment workstream, and otherrelated engineering deliverables.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent qualification inInstrumentation and Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, AutomationEngineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in instrumentation andcontrols engineering design for complex industrial or process facilities.
• Strong knowledge of field instrumentation,control valves, actuators, instrumentation interfaces, cabling, junction boxes,panels, and termination arrangements.
• Experience developing and reviewing I&Cspecifications, instrument schedules, equipment data sheets, loop diagrams,cable schedules, installation details, and testing documentation.
• Understanding of Process Control System (PCS)architectures, industrial communication protocols, hardwired I/O, andintegration of vendor-supplied equipment packages.
• Experience coordinating instrumentationrequirements with process, electrical, automation, equipment vendors,construction, and commissioning teams.
• Knowledge of applicable instrumentationstandards, hazardous-area requirements, and relevant regulatory and industrypractices.
• Experience defining and reviewing vendor SOWsand technical requirements for long-lead process equipment and packagedsystems.
• Ability to assess emerging technologies anddevelop practical recommendations that balance innovation, site standards,operational requirements, and long-term automation strategies.
• Strong technical coordination, problem-solving,documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical design discussions,resolve cross-disciplinary interfaces, and drive design consistency acrossmultiple project stakeholders.