Principal Engineer, Instrumentation & Controls

Principal Engineer, Instrumentation & Controls
Company Overview
At Mitsubishi Power, we're not just building better clean energy technologies; we're architecting a better future. Our team is boldly redefining power generation to accelerate the world's energy transition. We operate as one team, pushing toward our vision of the future. We value problem solvers, prioritize collaboration, and support each other in an inclusive culture built on accountability and authenticity by demonstrating our values:
Safety, Family, Innovative, Inclusive, Accountable & Courageous. Together, we're building the future we all aspire to - making net zero a reality.

Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to lead the technical direction of instrumentation, control valves and control logic for large frame gas turbine products for power plants. This role serves as the subject matter expert for turbine control philosophy/narratives, field instrumentation, control valves and protection systems on new projects.
As a Principal Engineer, you will influence product strategy, drive innovation in turbine controls and instrumentation, and provide advanced technical leadership for new product development, upgrades, retrofits, and fleet reliability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Demonstrates our core competencies:
Action oriented, change champion, customer-focused, developing self & others, and ownership
Serve as senior technical mentor for instrumentation and controls engineers
Lead technical reviews and design governance processes
Interface with existing instrumentation suppliers and help develop/validate new suppliers
Represent the company in customer and regulatory technical discussions
Define and maintain design standards for all gas turbine instrumentation
Specify and standardize critical turbine instrumentation (speed probes, vibration monitoring, thermocouples, pressure transmitters, fuel flow measurement, etc.)
Define hazardous area classifications and compliance requirements
Review instrumentation layouts, impulse tubing design, and package wiring
Lead specification and performance requirements for critical control valves including:

Fuel gas control and Shutoff valves
Bleed valves and anti-surge valves
Turbine Bypass Valves

Define valve sizing criteria, Cv calculations, response time requirements, rangeability, and dynamic performance
Provide technical leadership for new product development programs
Support validation testing, FAT, dynamic response testing, and valve characterization
Lead root cause analysis for valve failures, control instability, and reliability events
Support supplier qualification and technical evaluation of valve manufacturers
Ensure compliance with applicable standards including:

International Society of Automation (ISA)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
American Petroleum Institute (API)

Support functional safety programs (SIL, SIS, HAZOP, LOPA)
Ensure compliance with global emissions, hazardous area, and grid interconnection requirements
Help lead the development and review of turbine control logic
Oversee implementation of sequencing, interlocks, per missives, alarm strategies, and trip logic
Ensure proper integration of instrumentation inputs into control and protection algorithms
Validate voting schemes (e.g., 2oo3, 1oo2) and redundancy strategies
Support simulation, FAT, dynamic testing, and logic validation activities
Drive continuous improvement of control algorithms for performance, emissions, and reliability
Lead development and ownership of detailed I/O lists for turbine packages
Define signal types (AI, AO, DI, DO, RTD, TC, pulse, vibration, speed) and scaling requirements
Assign I/O to control panels, remote I/O racks, and protection systems
Ensure proper segregation of safety, control, and monitoring circuits
Maintain configuration control of I/O databases throughout product lifecycle

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Computer or Chemical)
15+ years of experience, with significant gas turbine or rotating equipment exposure
Strong experience with control valve sizing,…