Design Engineer, Controls

Baltimore Air Coil • Full-time • Jessup, Maryland, United States • 18h ago

POSITION PURPOSE

The Controls Design Engineer will work on controls development projects for both new products and new features of on market products, will support all kinds on field controls issues, as well as assist the controls strategy development and deployment to satisfy market needs for SMART product features and to meet product cost targets for all BAC’s product offerings.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Participate or support New Product Introduction (NPI) Controls projects and provide technical support through the activities listed below:
Translate business needs, customer requirements, and project specifications into controls functional designs that meet customer requirements, quality, productivity and cost targets
Investigate and analyze product design requirements and present optimum solutions
Design systems to control fan motors, pumps, valves, safety switches, heating elements, sensors, and other features which utilize electrical and/or mechanical control inputs and/or outputs to the system
Supports features that require data communication into and out of the BAC unit for connection to customer building management systems and other control systems.
Simulate the function of a control system, and develop robust control algorithms, using commercial optimization software
Establish test criteria, participate in laboratory testing, and analyze test data to identify and optimize product performance characteristics
Support or lead documentation efforts for all software and lab testing on controls systems
Participate in Peer Reviews to validate accuracy of work
Participate in NPI Scrum project teams as a Controls representative. Attend daily meetings, present work at Sprint reviews, participate in Sprint Planning meetings, etc
Partner with the product design team in the generation of drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and system configurator
Work with vendors, contractors to evaluate and qualify alternative suppliers, and to support targeted cost reduction / quality improvement projects
Support field issues as presented and work to satisfy the customer’s expectation, timeline
Provide controls technical supports for both internal customers and external customers with satisfactory
Identify and implement improvements for engineering processes to increase productivity and quality of deliverables
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

NATURE & SCOPE

The Controls Design Engineer reports through global Components & Controls team and works on different NPI project teams. This role will have significant interaction with cross functional teams, as well as with third party vendors, contractors, our sales reps, and end user customers.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related discipline. Advanced degree is a plus
1~2 years of experience working in engineering to include research, educational projects, co-ops, internships or commercial experience. HVAC experience a plus
Experience developing electro-mechanical control systems preferred
Proficiency in technical writing, specifically in controls/software specification writing
Experience with commercial optimization software such as MATLAB Simulink, LabView and in developing software for programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
Familiar with software languages such as C/C++, MATLAB Simulink, Structured Text, other PLC languages
Familiarity with integrated communications via building management system 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.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk up to 50% of the time. This position requires occasional lifting up to 30 pounds and travel both domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.

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