Senior Instrumentation & Controls Designer (Semiconductor)

Socket.dev; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

401K with company match

Professional development support

PTO & paid holidays

Job summary

SSOE's Advanced Technology division seeks an Instrumentation & Controls Designer to deliver complete I&C packages for semiconductor facility projects. You will interface with process and mechanical utilities and lead multi-discipline coordination to ensure compliant designs.

Ideal candidates have ~10 years of I&C experience, strong AutoCAD/Revit skills, and familiarity with Navisworks to support clash detection and field coordination across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in engineering design technology or equivalent training.
• Approximately 10 years of instrumentation and controls design experience in industrial, pharmaceutical, microelectronics, or comparable process facility environments.
• Demonstrated ability to independently produce a complete I&C design package with minimal oversight.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit; working familiarity with Navisworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain instrument indices, instrument datasheets, and specification packages for process utility systems.
• Produce loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, termination schedules, and interconnect drawings from field devices to PLC/DCS/BAS I/O.
• Design control panel general arrangements and internal layouts, including terminal schedules, enclosure sizing, and thermal calculations.
• Generate I/O lists and point-to-point schedules; maintain alignment with controller card assignments and spare capacity requirements.
• Develop instrument and control cable schedules, conduit schedules, and raceway routing with appropriate segregation from power circuits.
• Model instrument and panel locations in Revit/AutoCAD; participate in clash detection and coordination reviews.
• Coordinate with electrical designers on panel power sourcing, UPS-backed circuits, grounding, and shielding practices for analog and fieldbus signal runs.
• Coordinate device placement with piping, HVAC, and structural disciplines to ensure calibration and maintenance access.
• Support development of tool hookup packages, including utility interlocks, flow monitoring, and status/alarm points.
• Interface with equipment vendors and OEMs on control interface requirements and submittal review.
• Mentor and check the work of junior and mid-level designers.
• Contribute to design standards, templates, and lessons learned.

Skills

P&ID reading

Electrical codes knowledge

ISA instrumentation standards

Team mentoring

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

Associate degree in engineering design technology

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Navisworks

Job description

SSOE's Advanced Technology division seeks an Instrumentation & Controls Designer to deliver complete I&C packages for semiconductor facility projects. You will interface with process and mechanical utilities and lead multi-discipline coordination to ensure compliant designs.

Ideal candidates have ~10 years of I&C experience, strong AutoCAD/Revit skills, and familiarity with Navisworks to support clash detection and field coordination across disciplines.