Design Engineer
Posted 15 Nov 2023
Advertised as “Remote Control System Engineer: Junior Level”
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- Level
- I
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Leading company specializing in the design of control solutions for the building automation industry is seeking to fill the following position: Design Engineer_ Junior Level
The Design Engineer I, under intermittent supervision, will be responsible for the design of custom, state of the art, electronic and DDC control systems that meet our clients’ plans and specifications for small projects. Each solution will be implemented, on schedule, in a cost-effective and professional manner. The Design Engineer I, is a professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assignments/projects/tasks of moderate scope and minimal complexity; exercises judgment within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Ensure that the project requirements and risks are understood by:
• Attending sales turnover meetings to gain knowledge of the sales estimate and project
scope.
• Analyzing project plans, specifications, sales estimates, and sales proposal.
• Creating a list of project engineering deliverable (submittals, workflow packages, etc).
• Generating Request For Information (RFI) requests
2. Ensure that final product matches the design intent and clearly communicates design and operation of system by:
• Creating controls drawings utilizing ACAD software that include flow diagrams, sequences
of operation, bills of material, network layouts, schedules and electrical schematics as
required.
3. Make final decisions regarding installation method and materials by:
• Selecting the appropriate mix of products and installation methods to provide the most
cost-effective solution that is compliance with the project specification, applicable codes
and company standards.
4. Select the proper control valves and actuators that will do the best job of controlling the process is selected by:
• Investigating the applicability of different valve styles and sizes to a particular application,
with showing a preference to control valves manufactured by Honeywell.
• Completing and submitting a comprehensive and accurate control valve schedule in a
timely manner.
5. Design a stable, robust, implementable, scalable, and maximum performing BMS communication network by:
• Determining network architecture, topology and transmission media that is appropriate