Senior Accelerator Controls Engineer

Nusano; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Nusano seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to own major subsystems and drive reliability, safety, integration, and continuous improvement across the controls domain. You will influence design, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle management of accelerator and related control systems, mentoring engineers along the way.

This onsite role at Nusano's Valencia, CA facility requires collaboration with mechanical, physics, operations, safety, and software teams to resolve tradeoffs and deliver robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or related field.
• Subject matter expert owning major controls subsystems end-to-end.
• Deep proficiency with distributed control systems, IEC 61131-3, industrial networks, instrumentation, HMI/SCADA, and electrical schematic capture.
• Hands-on experience with system-level controls design, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience defining or improving controls standards, programming practices, design conventions, and engineering workflows.
• Familiarity with UL 508A, NFPA 79, ISA, IEC or comparable standards.

Responsibilities

• Own design, architecture, integration, commissioning, and lifecycle of major controls subsystems.
• Lead system-level assembly, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and commissioning of complex controls infrastructure.
• Define and improve controls standards, programming practices, electrical design conventions, and documentation requirements.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of analog and digital circuits, PLCs, networks, instrumentation, and high-voltage equipment.
• Drive cross-functional design reviews and resolve technical tradeoffs with multiple stakeholders.
• Mentor Associate and mid-level engineers and communicate complex technical decisions clearly.

Skills

Distributed control systems

IEC 61131-3 programming

Industrial networks

HMI/SCADA

Electrical safety standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master's degree a plus

Tools

Beckhoff controls

EPICS

HMI/SCADA systems

Electrical schematic capture

Job description

Nusano seeks a Senior Controls Engineer to own major subsystems and drive reliability, safety, integration, and continuous improvement across the controls domain. You will influence design, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle management of accelerator and related control systems, mentoring engineers along the way.

This onsite role at Nusano's Valencia, CA facility requires collaboration with mechanical, physics, operations, safety, and software teams to resolve tradeoffs and deliver robust