Lead Electrical & Controls Engineer Industrial Pilot Plant

Found Energy; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401K with matching

Paid life insurance

Job summary

Found Industries in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer to own the architecture, development, and commissioning of electrical, control and functional safety systems for our gallium extraction plant.

You will bridge our novel chemical processing tech with the continuous-operation environment of a refinery, design for hazardous flows, drive projects from definition to handover, and coordinate vendors and review technical decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics or related STEM field.
• 5+ years industrial electrical and controls engineering experience with project ownership.
• Hands-on PLC programming and commissioning; Beckhoff/TwinCAT preferred; Rockwell/Siemens acceptable.
• Experience with AutoCAD Electrical and industrial instrumentation integration.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical and controls projects from requirements through commissioning.
• Develop PLC programs, HMI interfaces, alarms, and process controls.
• Perform safety reviews and implement interlocks and shutdowns.
• Design interfaces to sync with refinery DCS systems (DeltaV/Experion).
• Create electrical schematics, panel layouts, and BOMs; size power and drives.
• Coordinate vendors, contractors, and site commissioning activities.

Skills

Start-Up Agility

Instrumentation Selection

Pilot & Scale-Up Experience

Safety Standards

Industrial Networks

CFSE

PE license

PLC Expertise

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Automation/Mechatronics

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Ignition

Rockwell/Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Job description

Found Industries in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer to own the architecture, development, and commissioning of electrical, control and functional safety systems for our gallium extraction plant.

You will bridge our novel chemical processing tech with the continuous-operation environment of a refinery, design for hazardous flows, drive projects from definition to handover, and coordinate vendors and review technical decisions.