PLC & Instrumentation Engineer for Plasma Research

U.S. Fusion Energy; Princeton (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) seeks an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer focused on PLC-based systems for plasma experiments. You will collaborate with engineers, scientists, and staff to design, deploy, test, and operate control and protection systems for experimental facilities at PPPL.

The role requires hands-on work, software and hardware interfacing, and the development of operator interfaces and documentation, with interactions across international collaborations.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with instrumentation and control systems for engineering projects.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain and support instrumentation and control systems (60%).
• Operate and maintain control/monitoring systems (15%).
• Create diagrams, drawings, and documentation (10%).
• Apply controls theory to improve designs (15%).

Skills

Hardware interfacing

LVL programming

HMI development

Control theory

Version control

Networking protocols

Requirements analysis

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Related discipline

Tools

Allen-Bradley

Siemens PLCs

EPICS

SQL

MDSplus

Job description

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) seeks an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer focused on PLC-based systems for plasma experiments. You will collaborate with engineers, scientists, and staff to design, deploy, test, and operate control and protection systems for experimental facilities at PPPL.

The role requires hands-on work, software and hardware interfacing, and the development of operator interfaces and documentation, with interactions across international collaborations.