Texas Instruments

Makes analog and embedded chips in its own plants

Facilities Controls Engineer - PLC/SCADA Application Developer

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDallas, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
At least five years of relevant engineering experience with industrial controls and instrumentation systems is required.
Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and/or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems is preferred.
Experience applying controls and instrumentation to process systems, such as process cooling water, hot water, air systems, exhaust, and chemical or gas distribution, is preferred.
Experience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLC hardware and software is preferred.
Experience programming PLCs using control narratives or sequences of operations for Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLCs is preferred.
Experience developing or delivering turnkey Wonderware/Operations Management Interface (OMI) SCADA systems is preferred.
Experience designing, configuring, installing, maintaining, securing, and troubleshooting industrial networks is preferred.
A basic understanding of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loop tuning is preferred.
Ability to terminate instrumentation to a controller and perform calibration through the program interface is preferred.
Ability to troubleshoot alarms, field instrumentation, pneumatic and electric control valves, variable speed drives, and motor starters is preferred.
Experience managing multidisciplinary projects is preferred.
Ability to respond quickly to potentially critical situations, assess them rapidly and accurately, identify failure causes, determine corrective actions, and implement corrections promptly to mitigate system upsets is preferred.
Proficiency with personal computer hardware and Windows-based applications is preferred.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and troubleshoot control systems and instrumentation, including flow, pressure, temperature, level, pH, and water-quality monitoring equipment.
Program and troubleshoot PLCs, including PLC hardware such as input/output interface modules and PLC programming software.
Program and troubleshoot SCADA systems for monitoring facility systems.
Design, implement, and troubleshoot secure and reliable industrial networks that support communications between network devices, including peer communication between PLCs and PLC communication with SCADA drivers.
Assist with developing and executing the controls-related scope in facility expansion and sustaining projects, including process and instrumentation diagrams, sequences of operations, input/output lists, panel drawings, and instrumentation lists.
Understand industrial equipment and processes and their operating parameters, and make decisions with engineering support to improve or maintain associated controls and instrumentation hardware and software.
Provide technical controls support for the 24-hour operations team.
Ensure projects and systems comply with applicable codes, including the National Electrical Code and International Fire Code.
Influence supplier performance through management and audits of field work.
Develop relationships and communicate with engineers across disciplines and at other Texas Instruments sites to encourage best-practice sharing and communication.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems.
Experience applying controls and instrumentation to process systems, such as process cooling water, hot water, air systems, exhaust, and chemical or gas distribution.
Proven experience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLC hardware and software.
Proven experience programming PLCs using control narratives or sequences of operations for Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, or WAGO PLCs.
Experience developing or delivering turnkey Wonderware/Operations Management Interface (OMI) SCADA systems.
Experience with industrial network design, configuration, installation, maintenance, security strategies, and troubleshooting.
A basic understanding of PID loop tuning.
Ability to terminate instrumentation to a controller and perform calibration through the program interface.
Ability to troubleshoot alarms, field instrumentation, pneumatic and electric control valves, variable speed drives, and motor starters.
Experience managing multidisciplinary projects.
Ability to respond quickly to potentially critical situations, perform rapid, accurate assessments, identify causes of failures, determine appropriate corrective actions, and implement corrections promptly to mitigate system upsets.
Proficiency with PC hardware and Windows-based applications.

Change the world. Love your job.
Texas Instruments (TI) is looking for an experienced Facilities Controls Engineer to join our team to support our PLC/SCADA development. As a Facilities Engineer at TI, you'll be directly responsible for building utility systems in support of a semiconductor wafer fab. TI Facilities operates over 150 different utility systems that include chemicals, gasses, variety of electrical systems, water systems, HVAC, waste, vacuum, and controls. These systems are designed to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without interruption, creating a state of the art manufacturing environment. Facilities works closely with TI's manufacturing team to understand how the utility systems impact the process as well as how to reduce consumption.

Responsibilities include:

Design, implement, and troubleshoot controls systems and instrumentation, including a variety of flow, pressure, temperature, level, pH, and water quality monitoring equipment
Program and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers (PLCs), including PLC hardware (including I/O interface modules) and PLC programming software
Program and troubleshoot Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for monitoring facility systems
Design, implement, and troubleshoot a secure and reliable industrial network to support communication between devices on the network (e.g. peer communication between PLCs and PLC communication with SCADA drivers)
Assist with development and execution of the controls-related scope in facility expansion and sustaining projects (e.g. Process and Instrumentation Diagrams, Sequence of Operations, I/O lists, panel drawings, instrumentations lists, etc.)
Understand industrial equipment & processes, their operating parameters, and make decisions (with engineering support) to improve or maintain the associated controls and instrumentation hardware & software
Provide technical controls support for the 24-hour operations team
Ensure projects and systems are compliant with applicable codes (e.g. National Electric Code, International Fire Code, etc.)
Influence supplier performance via management and audits of work performed in the field
Develop relationships and communicate with engineers across disciplines and at other TI sites to foster best practice sharing and communication

Texas Instruments will not sponsor job applicants for visas or work authorization for this position.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
5+ years of relevant engineering experience with industrial controls and instrumentation systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with PLCs and/or SCADA systems
Experience in application of controls and instrumentation for process systems (process cooling water, hot water, air systems, exhaust, chem/gas distribution, etc.)
Proven Experience with Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, or WAGO PLCs (PLC hardware and software)
Proven Experience programming PLCs using Control narratives or sequence of Operations (Siemens, Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, or WAGO PLCs
Experience with development or delivery of turnkey Wonderware/Operation Management Interface (OMI) SCADA systems
Experience in industrial network design, configuration, installation, maintenance, security strategies, troubleshooting, etc.
Basic understanding of PID loop tuning
Able to terminate instrumentation to a controller and perform calibration through the program interface
Able to troubleshoot alarms, field instrumentation, pneumatic and electric control valves, variable speed drives and motor starters
Experience managing multi-discipline projects
Able to respond quickly to potentially critical situations, perform rapid, accurate assessments, identify causes of failures, determine appropriate corrective actions, and implement these corrections promptly to mitigate the effects of system upsets
Proficient with PC hardware and windows-based applications

About the Company

Texas Instruments

Makes analog and embedded chips in its own plants

Texas Instruments designs and makes analog and embedded processing chips, the basic parts inside cars, factory equipment, data centers, and consumer electronics, and it sells one of the broadest chip catalogs in the industry. In 1958, its engineer Jack Kilby built the first integrated circuit, the building block of modern electronics, and later won a Nobel Prize for it. Its analog chips regulate power and convert signals such as sound and heat into data, while its microcontrollers act as small built-in computers, and TI earns money selling both to device makers. It also makes the graphing calculators many students use in math class. Texas Instruments was founded in 1930 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Dallas, TX
Founded: 1930

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