Field Controls and Instrumentation Engineer
Posted on 11/22/2022
INACTIVE
Lilac Solutions

201-500 employees

Lithium extraction solutions
Company Overview
Lilac's mission is to scale lithium supply for the electric era by unlocking brine resources to provide essential raw materials to the battery industry. Lilac’s unique ion exchange process eliminates the environmental impact of conventional lithium extraction while boosting production.
Data & Analytics
Energy

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$368.7M

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

43%

2 year growth

304%
Locations
Oakland, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering preferred
  • Familiarity with process controls, distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Familiarity with ladder logic or other IEC-61131-3 languages
  • Working knowledge of National Electric Code
  • Knowledge and experience reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical schematics
  • Knowledge and experience applying and interpreting results from common electrical measurement instruments (voltmeter, ammeter, ohmmeter, oscilloscope, etc.)
  • Familiarity with AutoCAD Electrical, Siemens Controllers, Microsoft Office Suite
  • Excited to work on a small, fast-paced startup team
  • Willing and able to travel ~50% of the time to project sites
  • Must be able to pass a high-altitude work test
  • Must be capable of passing a high-altitude screening examination
  • Must be capable of passing a respirator use screening examination
  • May be required to pass a drug test, which may include marijuana, as required by certain laws and regulations
Responsibilities
  • Design and integrate control systems through construction of control panels and field wiring
  • Test, maintain, and modify existing control systems
  • Troubleshoot hardware and operational issues
  • Install and maintain equipment and machinery
  • Manage projects within cost and time constrained environments
  • Work collaboratively with design engineers, operations engineer, operators, and technicians
  • Understand and ensure compliance with relevant health and safety standards
  • Generate electrical schematics for control systems
  • Program PLC controllers to automate systems
  • Generate control schemes alongside process engineers