Entry Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Entry Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer (PFO
00068I)

This position can be performed in either of our Tullahoma, TN or Farmington Hills, MI offices.

Join our team turning abstract ideas into realities. Collaborate with industry experts to develop solutions to mission‑critical challenges, such as NASA’s return to the moon, the DoD’s national security initiatives, international automotive manufacturers’ development of fuel‑efficient and electric vehicles, and the DoE’s energy research. We tackle challenges in emerging technologies, cyber, intelligence, space exploration, energy transformation, and resiliency to ensure national security.

As the world’s thinkers, visionaries, and doers, we disrupt the status quo and affect real, meaningful change in how we provide solutions to our customers, operate our business, and support communities.

Advanced Solutions specializes in the design, construction, and operation of unique and complex research and development facilities, including wind tunnels (aerospace, automotive, and motorsports), rocket test stands, climatic chambers, jet engine test cells, acoustic chambers, altitude test facilities, captive trajectory systems, and nuclear facilities. Our projects span the automotive, motorsports, defense, nuclear, and aerospace markets. Recent clients include Audi, Boeing, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Honda, General Motors, NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy, Volkswagen, confidential F1 motorsports clients, and many others in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Advance Solutions is looking for an Entry Level Controls & Instrumentation Engineer to support projects ranging from small studies to multi‑million dollar turn‑key supply. A successful candidate must be team‑oriented, organized, able to communicate to all levels of the organization, and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.

Your work will be unique and challenging while supporting several projects in a dynamic and exciting environment. This position will provide you with an unparalleled opportunity to work with a team of motivated engineering and business professionals who work to ensure client satisfaction and deliver projects within scope, budget, and schedule.

• Developing hardware assembly and wiring diagrams for control and data acquisition systems.
• Implementing control system software designs that include control of temperature, pressure, humidity, flow, force, motion of mechanisms, system safety, human safety, and other advanced processes and electromechanical systems.
• Developing control system software in PLC ladder logic, function block, HMI programming, etc.
• Implementing interfaces to facility equipment using hardwired interfaces and industrial networks.
• Applying closed‑loop control methods, both classical and modern, to control continuously variable systems.
• Supporting hardware assembly and fabrication.
• Performing facility startup, checkout, and commissioning, both domestically and abroad.
• Communicating with clients and management regarding project status.
• Coordinating with other engineering disciplines and departments to ensure success.

• A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering program.
• 0–2 years of experience in control or data acquisition system design, implementation, or commissioning.
• Experience in software development with a high‑level programming language such as C/C++/C#, and with engineering application software tools such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, and Simulink.
• Basic knowledge of PLC and HMI programming environments such as Rockwell Studio 5000, Siemens TIA Portal, and Emerson PAC‑ME is a plus.
• Interest and background in electronics, instrumentation, control and data acquisition systems, PLCs, variable‑frequency drive systems, motion control systems, sensors and transmitters, actuators, PID control, and communication networks.
• A solid math background to select and develop data uncertainty calculations, digital filter algorithms, control transfer function realizations, and process simulation.
• Ability and willingness to work in a team environment to design, develop, and deliver control and data acquisition systems. Self‑motivation and initiative to work independently when necessary.
• A desire to develop ingenious alternative approaches to challenges, and drive innovation during all phases of projects.
• US Citizenship.

• Work hours are four 9‑hour days and a 4‑hour Friday.
• Work arrangement is for work to be performed in the office (baseline).
• Overtime to meet project schedules and milestones (10%–20%).
• Field assignments that include 2nd or 3rd shift (5%–15%).
• Field work attendance and punctuality are critical.

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