Design Engineer, Controls

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 ...