Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

SiTration is seeking an Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer to join our team and help scale our groundbreaking critical minerals extraction solution. At SiTration, you will have the opportunity to develop and scale our novel technology, while helping to enable a sustainable and profitable critical materials supply chain for an electrified future.

SiTration is a rapidly-growing team of creative, passionate, and deeply-technical scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs working to develop a low-cost, sustainable approach for harvesting critical minerals. At the core of SiTration’s approach is a patented silicon filtration and extraction technology developed s novel solution aims to transition resource-intensive chemical and thermal separations to an ultra-efficient electrified approach.

Founded out of MIT in 2020, SiTration’s operations are located in Watertown, MA. This position requires a full-time in-person commitment.

If you’re a go-getter and are excited about working on tough tech, with like-minded smart and motivated people, that has the potential to make a meaningful difference! Above all else, we are looking for motivated and talented people to join our team.

Responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with R&D and engineering teams to develop system requirements
• Lead the design, production, and deployment of first-of-a-kind electrified systems implementing our technology
• Design and build low voltage control system cabinets, specify components, lead procurement
• Develop and own electrical documentation, including network and wiring diagrams
• Establish and build in-house engineering capabilities, both teams and equipment
• Work with external vendors for design and fabrication as needed
• Create and maintain design and technical-file documentation
• Program and develop programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and human-machine interfaces (HMIs) to monitor and control pilot and commercial systems
• Conduct design reviews for new and updated system designs
• Ensure compliance with all electrical safety regulations
• Travel up to 10% to provide on-site commissioning support for pilot to commercial-scale units

Desired experience and skills:

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar with 5+ years of experience. Title will be commensurate with experience
• Experience with industrial automation hardware, PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens), analog and digital IO, and industrial network protocols
• Demonstrated mastery of programming and troubleshooting controllers in IEC 61131-3 designated languages, especially ladder logic programming
• Experience with low voltage wiring (e.g.,