Controls Engineer (Power Generation) - Memphis

Join the power generation engineering team at SpaceXAI to design, commission, and maintain plant control systems. As a Controls Engineer, you will own BOP PLC/HMI and the control-room SCADA picture that brings generation and balance-of-plant into one operating view , Solar, 6000, and BOP on a single set of screens.

Responsibilities:

• Own BOP PLC and HMI design, programming, and commissioning for power generation balance-of-plant systems
• Design and maintain the plant SCADA architecture
• Develop control philosophy, control narratives, I/O lists, network drawings, cause-and-effect diagrams, and HMI/SCADA standards
• Specify PLC, HMI, SCADA, remote I/O, industrial networking, and interface hardware
• Program, test, and troubleshoot PLC logic and HMI applications
• Integrate OEM packages and third-party systems into plant SCADA
• Commission controls and support day-to-day operations
• Maintain configuration management for PLC/HMI/SCADA programs
• Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, fluids, protection, and operations teams

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in PLC, HMI, and/or SCADA engineering

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years in a controls role at a power plant, independent power producer, OEM, EPC, or heavy industrial facility
• Hands-on BOP PLC/HMI experience on gas turbine or similar generation projects
• Experience building a unified control-room SCADA/HMI
• Familiarity with major platforms and industrial networking
• Experience with IEC 61131 programming and protocols
• Experience across the project lifecycle
• Experience with alarm management, historian, and control-room graphics
• Working knowledge of how BOP controls interface with electrical power systems
• Experience managing OEM and contractor interfaces on multi-discipline power or capital projects
• Professional Engineering license, or actively working toward one