Senior Engineer, Automation

Company: Jobleads
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Impossible Foods is addressing the most catastrophic threats facing humanity: climate change and biodiversity collapse. A global transition to a plant-based food system will turn back the clock on atmospheric CO2 levels, restore natural ecosystems and reverse meltdown in wildlife biomass. The easiest -- if not only -- way to make our civilization sustainable is to eliminate livestock, the most dangerous technology on Earth. But humans won't give up meat. So we need to make meat better -- more delicious and more nutritious, without animals as the underlying production technology. That means that making meat sustainably is the most important and urgent problem for the global scientific community. Impossible Foods' mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food-production technology by offering consumers everything they currently value about animal products -- and making products that are vastly superior to their animal analogues. To do this, we are taking a revolutionary scientific and market-based approach. We are inventing efficient, sustainable ways to transform ingredients from plants into meat, fish and dairy foods that deliver all the pleasures and nutritional benefits consumers demand, without the destructive environmental or public health impact. Our world-class R&D team has been building the know-how and technology platform to produce meat, fish and dairy foods from plants. Impossible Foods is experiencing rapid growth and is resolutely committed to leading all aspects of the plant-based food revolution"from discovery to commercial production. The only thing that will separate Impossible Foods from success and failure is our ability to recruit more world-class experts. Want to join? Check out the job opening and requirements below: You will collaborate on the creation of functional specifications for new and existing systems. You will lead projects, implement automation changes, and help facilitate upgrades. You will work multi-functionally with Internal and External Engineering teams to ensure complete and accurate information is being provided. You will work with Manufacturing and Engineering teams to develop and improve processes at all levels of the organization. You Will: Develop Functional Specifications & PLC code Perform PLC configuration and validation Create HMIs with design to optimize data exchange and general system usability. Develop User Requirement Specifications in regards to automation and data collection Define project electrical and controls technical requirements; employing standards & engaging cross -functionally with internal technical teams. Understand PIDs, BFDs, and Mass Balance studies Create or expand internal control standards; exploiting existing solutions and established industrial standards. Champion controls safety design and assess systems to PLd / SIL 2 safety levels; creating holistic safe systems from hardware selection, installation and safety programs. Help develop RFPs and RFQs for equipment and materials Collaborate with manufacturing plants across the organization Foster a collaborative learning environment and mentor junior engineers Travel up to 25% for FATs and plant trials You Have: BS in an Engineering discipline, Electrical or Automation preferred 8+ years of experience as a hands-on Controls Engineer or Applications Engineer working on automation and/or electromechanical systems. Advanced proficiency in programming industrial process and manufacturing equipment. Experience in food manufacturing a plus. Experience in leading projects from concept through validation: schedule development, equipment specification, installation, commissioning, qualification, and verification Experience with PLC & server Architecture and various automation platforms; Wonderware, Rockwell, Delta V, SCADA, etc with user interface and user experience Experience designing and programming control systems from the ground up, as well as updating existing systems Strong analytical and problem-solving through a data based approach Impossible Foods Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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