Automation Engineer II

Charm Industrial is working to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We design, build and operate a fleet of mobile fast pyrolyzers that convert ag and forest biomass residues into bio-oil for use in carbon removal and direct-reduced-iron steelmaking.

In 2020 our Chief Scientist and co-founder Shaun Meehan had two breakthroughs (bio-oil intermediate and bio-oil sequestration) that kickstarted the company. Within 10 months we completed our first carbon removal injection and in 2021 we completed more than 5,000 tons of CO₂e removal for customers like Stripe, Shopify and Microsoft. 

About the Role:

 

As an Automation Engineer II, You will work with a highly motivated cross functional team of Engineers and Operators to deploy Industrial automation solutions across multiple business units. As a member of the Automation, Controls and Electrical Engineering team you will support our Engineering and Operations teams by automating manual processes and delivering PLC and HMI programming solutions for many novel machines and processes.

 

The ideal candidate for this role will have experience delivering, maintaining and modifying PLC and HMI programs, is mindful of electrical safety and enjoys working in a collaborative fast paced start up environment

• Convert process control narratives into working PLC code using Siemens TIA portal environment

• Create simple and intuitive user interfaces and manage data acquisition in Inductive Automation's Ignition Platform

• Specify appropriate control system hardware (Processors, remote racks, IO Cards, network hardware, etc.)

• Create and maintain useful dashboards and reports for many stakeholders across the organization

• Interpret Piping and instrumentation diagrams

• Function as the Subject Matter Expert on Automation best practices

• Provide operations support and contribute to team On-Call schedule

• Travel as needed (< 25%)

• 3-5 years experience in an automation engineering role

• Proven programming skills using standard industrial programming languages; Ladder, Structured text, Function block

• A solid understanding of Industrial control systems

• Ability to read industrial control panel schematics

• Experience supporting industrial control systems in a manufacturing environment

• Experience creating and supporting operator interfaces

• Understanding of SCADA/Historian implementation

• Experience with Siemens/TIA Portal

• Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition (Vision and/or Perspective)

• Familiarity with common industrial automation protocols (Modbus RTU/TCP, EIP, HART, etc.)

• Experience designing and/or building control panels using AutoCAD Electrical