Senior Controls Engineer — PLC & Instrumentation

Solcoa Industries; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Generous stock options

Comprehensive medical, dental and VISP

Job summary

Solcoa Industries in San Francisco, CA, is building the next generation of American metalmaking. The Senior Controls Engineer will own the design, implementation, testing, and commissioning of instrumentation and controls for Solcoa’s metals processing systems, building scalable measurement and data recording, and integrating PLC-based automation into reactor designs.

You will work with process and mechanical engineers to translate process requirements into reliable automation and protective

Qualifications

• Experience designing instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
• Experience with PLC-based controls for reactors, gas systems, and furnaces.
• Experience with testing, commissioning, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Instrumentation and Data Acquisition: design scalable systems to measure and record temperature, pressure, gas concentrations, and process flows; select instruments; establish calibration requirements; build data logging and displays.
• Reactor, Gas, and Furnace Controls: develop PLC-based controls; regulate gas flow, pressure, and heating; integrate controls into reactor designs.
• Safe Operation and Shutdown: design alarms, interlocks, and shutdown controls; define safe responses to abnormal conditions and failures.
• Testing and Commissioning: lead testing; verify calibration and wiring; document results; prepare operating instructions and training.

Skills

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

PLC programming

Safety systems

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Solcoa Industries in San Francisco, CA, is building the next generation of American metalmaking. The Senior Controls Engineer will own the design, implementation, testing, and commissioning of instrumentation and controls for Solcoa’s metals processing systems, building scalable measurement and data recording, and integrating PLC-based automation into reactor designs.

You will work with process and mechanical engineers to translate process requirements into reliable automation and protective