Title: Senior Controls Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Reports to: Director of Systems Engineering
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Design control strategies and procedures to ensure reliable
performance of the flow battery and its subsystems, both under regular
operation and startup / shutdown / upset conditions
• Understand the engineering and dynamic operation of the unique
EnerVault flow battery design and develop innovative control strategies
• Lead development of electronics and software for custom sensors
• Prepare electrical drawings, specifications and test plans to
implement and evaluate control strategies and methods
• Work with test engineers on laboratory and field testing of flow
batteries
• Work with partners, subcontractors and vendors to define hardware
and I/O requirements and specify instrumentation
• Write prototype code in Labview
• Occasional travel to demonstration sites
Compensation: Competitive salary, equity package, and excellent benefits
The Individual
Education: Master's degree in electrical engineering with experience in
controls and electronics, or equivalent
Experience:
• Minimum of 8 years in industry
• Demonstrated industry experience in developing control systems
and algorithms for complex thermal / chemical / fluidic systems – ideally
process control
• Project and design experience with chemical plant equipment and
instrumentation
• Experience with design of electronic products and systems
• Microcontroller programming experience a plus
• 5+ years of programming experience with LabView and PLC systems
preferred
• Successful track record of delivering development goals on time
and on budget
Personal Characteristics:
• Good learner, able to quickly gain a correct overview of complex
systems, with the depth to understand them in detail over time
• Hands-on approach
• Organized and detail-oriented, with a rigorous approach in
analyzing all aspects of a system’s control requirements
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal,
interpersonal)
• Able to collaborate across functional and organizational lines,
to work with management, peers, clients and vendors
• Entrepreneurial, with the ability to work in a fast-paced and
changing startup environment.
