Senior Controls Engineer

4 days ago


Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Amsted Canada Inc Full time
About Us

Amsted Canada Inc. is a leading manufacturer of industrial components, where employees are at the heart of our world-class business. We value our employees and want them to excel with us. Our company culture encourages innovation, allowing time and space to experiment, think differently, and challenge the status quo.

With over 80 facilities across six continents, we are meeting the growing needs of a global market. Our new business center in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, is elevating our global technology teams in areas such as Engineering, Security, Development, Infrastructure, Emerging Technology, and SAP.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to participate in New Product Introduction (NPI) project teams and lead software & hardware design and development for new product controls. The successful candidate will also develop controls system verification and validation plans, execute the plan, and partner with product platform teams and controls panel suppliers to create panel drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and system configurator.

Key Responsibilities
  • Translate product requirements and specifications into controls software & hardware designs requirements and design documents that meet product function needs and quality & cost targets
  • Propose and present optimum controls solutions per each NPI controls spec
  • Design systems to control fan motors, pumps, valves, safety switches, heating elements, sensors, and other features that require data communication into and out of the BAC units for interaction with customer building management systems and other systems on cloud
  • Develop controls system verification and validation plan, and execute the plan
  • Partner with the product platform teams and controls panel suppliers to create panel drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and system configurator
  • Independently work with vendors, contractors to evaluate and qualify suppliers and/or technical proposals to achieve target cost and quality of every Controls project
  • Lead BAC internal cross-functional teams discussions where/when ever controls technical decisions need to be communicated and agreed
  • Define 'best practice' rules for customer software development from lessons learned from Controls projects and document the 'best practice'
  • Establish testing procedure and define pass criteria for Controls systems, participate in lab testing, and analyze test data to optimize product performance characteristics
  • Lead activities to promote standardization across all business functions for software development and testing on controls systems
  • Identify and implement product improvements and cost-out opportunities through participating in NPI projects or existing product sustaining projects
  • Independently write Controls related Engineering Change Notices (ECN) to communicate controls design change and/or software design/documentation changes
  • Support field issues as presented and work to satisfy the customer expectations
  • Prepare and present Controls related technical training to all levels of the organization
  • Propose and present Controls Strategy and implementation plan to Technology/Product Strategy planning teams
  • Identify opportunities and implement improvements for increasing Controls development velocity and quality
  • Learn, apply, and keep current with regulatory codes and standards such as IEC, NEC, UL, FM, and associated electrical codes in markets BAC participates in globally
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline. Advanced degree or P.E. a plus.
  • 8+ years of experience in engineering with technical project management experience, with a minimum of 2 years in new product development
  • 5+ years of experience in developing electro-mechanical control systems, experience with HVAC control systems preferred
  • Proficiency in technical writing, specifically in controls/software specification writing, test plan writing, test plan execution
  • Familiar with software languages such as C/C++, Structured Text, and other PLC languages
  • Familiarity with integrated communications via building management system (BMS) protocols such as BACNet and Modbus
  • Demonstrated capability with Microsoft Office, VBA experience and AutoCAD family of products, experience with software revision programs (Github) a plus
  • Previous experience in laboratory testing processes, including instrumentation and measurement techniques.
What We Offer
  • Excellent base salary and targeted annual bonus structure
  • Comprehensive employee benefits package including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, salary continuation, and a health spending account.
  • Tuition reimbursement

This position requires travel both domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time. This position is being filled in our Charlottetown office and is not available for remote work at this time.

Amsted Canada Inc. offers employees the stability of an established industry leader, along with the chance to learn, grow, advance and make a difference. As a private company and 100% employee-owned, we are all stakeholders in this business and all have a common goal to make this company not only a profitable company, but also a place to grow our careers. We strive to be a place that people are attracted to, and we go steps beyond to make sure our employees are happy on the job – and away from it.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT



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