M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Control Engineer 1

Controls & Automation EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeCharlotte, NC, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, automation engineering, or a related field, with 0 or more years of experience.
Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, such as using a keyboard.
Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Ability to communicate information and ideas verbally so others will understand.
Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible answers.
Ability to identify and understand another person's speech.

Responsibilities

Originate design documents for small projects and in support of large programs, including narrative design documents, requirements analyses, subsystem designs, and specifications.
Develop subsystem designs covering computer-aided design, panels, layouts, wiring, supervisory control and data acquisition screens, hardware, and communications.
Perform quality assurance and quality control and technical reviews of designs.
Plan and design procedures and fixtures for integrated systems factory testing.
Resolve comments on design documents.
Author testing and commissioning procedures and prepare test reports.
Originate test procedures.
Commission deployed systems.
Develop test fixtures and simulation devices.
Perform factory and field testing.
Troubleshoot existing and legacy systems during service calls.
Perform hardware and software upgrades and replacements on existing systems.

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Controls Engineers 1 are responsible for designing, developing, installing, and maintaining equipment used to monitor and control systems, machinery and processes. Controls Engineers work in various industries including industrial controls, water / wastewater, power controls and protection, and transportation systems. They're technical experts in areas such as advanced process control, instrumentation, distributed control systems, PLCs, and SCADA systems. Controls engineers use these skills to design and implement solutions to our customer's complex needs.

Responsibilities

Design / Engineering

Originates design documents for small projects and in support of large programs
- Narrative Design Documents
- Requirements Analysis
- Subsystem Designs (CAD / Panels / Layouts / Wiring / SCADA Screens / Hardware / Communications)
- Preparation of Specifications
- Perform QA/QC and technical reviews of designs
- Plans and Design Procedures and Fixtures for Integrated Systems Factory Testing
- Comment Resolution
Testing / Troubleshooting / Deployment / Commissioning
- Author testing / commissioning procedures
- Preparation of test reports
- Originates test procedures
- Commissioning of deployed systems
- Development of test fixtures and simulation devices
- Perform Factory and Field Testing
Maintenance
- Perform troubleshooting on service calls to existing and legacy system operators
- Perform hardware / software upgrades and replacements on existing systems

Qualifications

Education / Experience

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, automation engineering or related field with 0+ years of experience

Abilities

Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Identify and understand the speech of another person.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Tysons, VA
Founded: 1949

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