Process Controls Engineer

Number of employees

360

Alameda, CA, United States

Posted on: 2022-04-22

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

We are Sila—a next generation battery materials company dedicated to accelerating energy transformation for a more sustainable future. 

Our next-gen anode material is the first significant chemistry improvement to lithium-ion batteries to reach the market in 30 years. Our silicon anode material is a simple drop-in replacement to graphite and significantly boosts the energy density of lithium-ion batteries without compromising performance. 

Today, Sila science powers innovative consumer electronics. Tomorrow, it will fuel our EV future and the electrification of everything. 

We work directly with leading consumer electronics and automotive OEMs to help accelerate product roadmaps, and partners with battery manufacturers commercial cell production. Our partners include BMW, Daimler, and ATL.

Sila Nano works directly with leading consumer electronics and automotive OEMs to help accelerate product roadmaps, and partners with battery manufacturers commercial cell production. 

Sila Nano’s first products significantly increase the energy density of state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. Our materials are manufacturable economically at scale and are drop-in replacements to existing battery manufacturing processes.

Who we are

We change the landscape of what is possible with batteries. Our technology is a new chemistry that increases the energy density of Li-Ion batteries, which enables more features and design options for consumer devices and longer range, higher performance, and greater affordability for electric vehicles. Our product works today, drops into existing battery manufacturing processes, and is manufacturable economically at scale.

We believe how we work together is as important as the great things we accomplish. Foundational to this belief is building an inclusive and distinctive culture – one that is collectively shaped and owned by all Silazens. Learn more about our values here.

Who you are

You are a highly motivated, creative, detailed technical contributor with an aptitude for learning new things and developing big, complex, materials processing equipment. In your work at Sila, you will architect, specify, design, and deploy industrial machine control software and electronics that are reliable, expandable, deterministic, and exceptionally well-documented. You have excellent communication skills to harmoniously collaborate with a wide range of skill sets: from scientists conducting research to technicians and engineers who interact with the machines daily.

Job responsibilities

  • Working collaboratively with other teams, design robust, modular, well documented machine control code and electrical subsystems for production-scale synthesis tools.
  • Write detailed process control narrative specifications for first-of-a-kind materials processing equipment.
  • Engage successfully with a range of different outside vendors for both componentry and electrical / instrumentation subsystems.
  • Assist in bringing online hardware and code.
  • Improve and debug hardware and equipment-driving software throughout the company.
  • Gather feedback from end-users of your work and distill into actionable modifications. Iterate.

Knowledge and skills requirements

  • Experience writing Structured Text and familiarity with other IEC 61131-3 languages.
  • Experience designing HMIs and writing the underlying code.
  • Knowledge of best practices for safety systems and controls.
  • Electronics and wiring knowledge (analog signals, AC and DC power fundamentals, control wiring, and diagnostic tools).
  • Experience generating electrical schematics, including wiring diagrams, network architecture, control panel design, and power distribution.  As well as documentation for both hardware and software.
  • Demonstrated the ability to generate and deploy code and hardware for complex, mission-critical capital equipment that is both robust and reliable.
  • Experience generating and using equipment validation documents (FAT, SAT, etc.).
  • Experience with industrial Fieldbus communication protocols (EtherCAT, Profinet, EthernetIP, Modbus, etc.) and equipment validation documents (FAT, SAT, etc.)
  • 5+ years of industry experience is required. B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering preferred. 
  • Experience in fields with meaningful technical risk and scientific depth (e.g., extreme temperatures, extreme pressures, unforgiving chemistry, critical flows and fields, high uptime requirements) would be nice.
  • Familiarity with process controls standards, such as, ISA-88 batch process control concepts and IEC 61511 or Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), is a plus.

Physical demands and working conditions

  • Pass a respirator fit test and be able to wear respiratory protection on a periodic basis.
  • Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes.
  • Move long distances (such as from building to building) and can conduct manual inspections and audits of equipment personally if necessary.
  • Can travel both domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.
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