Control System Engineer II

Job Description

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high‑hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large‑scale, high‑hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.)

Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

• MSTS offers our full‑time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Do you want to be a part of a national security mission that conducts research and development? MSTS is seeking a full‑time Control System Engineer to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to design and develop control systems to support scientific experiments in a national laboratory environment. The Stockpile Experimentation & Operations (SEO) organization is looking for a highly motivated Control System Engineer to collaborate in design, development, fielding and maintenance of industrial control systems and embedded systems that support physics experiments conducted at the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE) Complex and other facilities located at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

This Control System Engineer will report primarily to the PULSE complex at the NNSS in support of experiment related control systems.

• Work closely with other engineers and technical staff at the Nevada National Security Site to design and implement industrial control systems and related instrumentation that support dynamic physic experiments.
• Design and implement PLC based control systems.
• Develop and maintain PLC software, HMI screens, and SCADA infrastructure.
• Assist with networking of control system components and systems.
• Assist in debugging and commissioning of completed systems in lab and field settings.
• Perform system maintenance, upgrades, and improvements.
• Assist in the development of system design drawings, documentation, reports and technical procedures.
• Work closely with technical staff to ensure instrumentation and processes are implemented and fully tested.
• Work under general supervision with limited guidance from more experienced team members.
• Assist on several simultaneous projects.
• Follows established engineering and technical procedures and instructions.
• Define specifications for procurements and initiates purchase requests.
• May travel to customer sites for program reviews, discussions and field demonstrations of systems.

• Minimum
  
  Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) required for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering degrees;
  • Or, Calculus‑based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering;
  • Or, for Architects, Certification from the National Council or Architectural Registration Board (NCARB);
  • Or Professional Engineer license;
• Plus at least 2 years’ relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross‑disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Experience with PLC‑based control systems.
• PLC programming experience (any major platform).
• Experience…