Senior SCADA Engineer - Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products (MEPPI) serves the North American power systems, rail transportation, and large visual display markets with electrical and electronic products, systems, and services.

Position Summary

MEPPI is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to lead the design and implementation of monitoring, communication, and system control hardware and software for the Substation Division. The ideal candidate will have experience in the renewable energy sector. This job provides our group with expertise in electromechanical relay control as well as PLC/HMI/SCADA systems development and testing. Help us create monitoring and controls systems for energy infrastructure. Position yourself in a robust industry with tremendous growth potential in the area of performance monitoring for renewables. This job has a great balance of your brainwork and practical application through both hardware and software integration. The Job includes travel to places all over North America. Your car’s dashboard can tell you the remaining oil life, miles to empty, tire pressure, and more. Energy systems like battery energy storage systems (BESS) and electrical substations equipment of all types need these same sort of performance indicators. Please join us and lend your ingenuity to Mitsubishi Electric Power Products’ equipment control systems and monitoring system. MEPPI' substation division is a turnkey systems integrator for the energy infrastructure industry.

Essential Functions

• Lead the design, implementation and verification of Programmable Logic Controller, logic and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software to monitor and control substation systems.
• Lead the development and implementation of design improvements for product quality, processing time, component lead time, construction design and product support.
• Identify and create hardware and software specifications for substation projects. Prepare and review mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Manage updates and version control for Substation software installations.
• Design, implement and troubleshoot communication links and networks between substation devices.
• Perform factory acceptance tests (FAT) and field/site acceptance tests (SAT). Create test plans and record results.
• Mentor and instruct division engineers on system control design, troubleshooting, testing and documentation.
• Monitor and track progress towards completion milestones and deadlines. Communicate progress towards the achievement of milestones and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with a minimum 7 years of experience, or equivalent education and experience.
• Advanced knowledge of network and communication protocols, logic and control platforms, and system programming.
• Advanced knowledge of process instrumentation.
• Advanced interpersonal communication skills required to communicate with employees, customers and suppliers.
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings and material.
• Advanced computer skills, emphasizing knowledge of MS Office products.

MEPPI offers its employees competitive salaries, commensurate with qualifications and experience, as well as comprehensive benefits including:

• 401(k) Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Employer sponsored programs including Flexible Work Arrangement, Wellness, and Professional Women's ERG, HOPE (community outreach)
• Onsite Fitness Center and Café
• Employee Discounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Volunteer opportunities
• Paid Parental Leave