Principal Controls Engineer

Beyond the Dome; Petaluma (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Generous benefits

Job summary

Beyond The Dome is seeking a Principal Controls Engineer to join the team in Petaluma, California. You will play a critical role in taking their innovative water treatment technology to market. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience in controls, power generation, and macrofluidic systems.

This role involves designing SCWO system controls, troubleshooting hardware, and contributing to manufacturing efforts. The company fosters a collaborative and innovative environment, offering competitive salary, equity, and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience supporting critical research and design projects.
• In-depth knowledge of macrofluidic systems and controls tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and troubleshoot SCWO system controls and hardware.
• Provide pilot and field support.
• Develop strategies to reduce iteration cycle time.

Skills

Hands-on operation and troubleshooting of process equipment

PLC programming languages

Communication protocols like MODBUS or Profinet

Controls hardware management

Tools

Siemens software packages

SolidWorks

Job description

Beyond The Dome is seeking a highly talented Principal Controls Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. The Principal Controls Engineer will be one of the primary technical contributors to our first product—you will be a critical part of taking the current system all the way to a disruptive product.

Company:

Beyond The Dome is building a containerized system that destroys contaminants in water in seconds. We help industries dealing with wastewater meet their climate commitments, generate power, and clean water. Our ultra-efficient supercritical water oxidation (ultra-SCWOTM) process destroys over 99.9% of organic contaminants within a few seconds, including PFAS, microplastics, and pharmaceuticals, and uses the energy contained within the waste to power the process. Our long‑term goal is to give people access to the best possible wastewater treatment by developing a global network of our ultra‑SCWOTM systems.

Team:

We strive to be an incredibly talented, collaborative, and innovative group of people. We are solving a problem with at least a billion‑dollar market opportunity, for a customer who is urgently demanding solutions. The solution demands a difficult‑but‑not‑impossible amount of technical innovation to achieve success. We are a well‑funded startup pioneering a new product within a space that is ripe for innovation.

What you’ll do:

• Design, build, program, and troubleshoot SCWO system controls and controls hardware
• Provide pilot and field support to the team
• Support the electric and controls needs of the lab
• Contribute to long‑term manufacturing efforts
• Develop strategies to continuously reduce the iteration cycle time, and develop resources to accelerate improvements in performance, cost, and reliability

You:

Does this sound like you? “I am an experienced, hands‑on controls engineer with in‑depth knowledge of macrofluidic systems, and have demonstrated analysis and programming skills. I have several years’ experience supporting critical research, testing, and/or design projects. I am value‑oriented, detail‑oriented and uses up‑to‑date controls tools and concepts.” Ideally, you come from a fast‑paced environment, having completed difficult projects with multidisciplinary groups. You are a persistent blank‑page problem solver, troubleshooter, and craftsman.

Your background should include:

• Process control, power generation, combustion, multiphase fluid systems, manufacturing, or closely related fields
• Hands‑on operation and troubleshooting of process equipment such as pumps, heaters, motors, and instrumentation
• Safety design and implementation
• Controls and SCADA software packages from Siemens, AB/Rockwell, AVEVA, and more
• PLC programming languages like ladder logic, structured text, or function blocks
• Communication protocols like MODBUS or Profinet
• Controls hardware such as PLC’s, HMI’s, drives, I/O modules, and more
• Field pilot operations
• Industrial R&D, ideally at hardware startups

Even better, your background includes:

• Experience with process and controls simulation
• A track record of leading and managing growing teams
• Experience with pressurized and/or hot systems, e.g., SCWO, rockets, oil and gas, nuclear
• Experience with additional software packages, e.g., Autodesk, SolidWorks, Ansys, Python

Beyond The Dome offers competitive salary, equity, generous benefits, and a great work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.