Senior Solutions Engineer - Controls and Information Group

Overview

A Senior Solutions Engineer is a highly skilled engineering professional with extensive hands-on project experience who leads the development of comprehensive solutions to complex engineering and manufacturing problems and serves as an authority in one or more project specialty areas.

Responsibilities & Activities

Project Delivery

• Lead complex project development activities.
• Influence innovation by recommending ideas and encouraging project-team creativity.
• Lead or oversee site installation and commissioning efforts.
• Provide advanced backup support and guidance for field service and project teams.

Front-end Engineering and Commercial

• Define system architecture, select solution platforms, and create concept-level designs.
• Guide project risk assessments and contingency planning.
• Develop and review specifications for user requirements, functionality, and system design.
• Support estimating for proposed solutions and project development labor.

Quality

• Ensure solutions comply with best practices and system safety conventions.
• Develop quality plans and test protocols.
• Lead or participate in design reviews and deliverable approvals.
• Provide feedback during project closeout, audits, and performance monitoring.
• Ensure assigned work remains aligned with project budgets, schedules, and scope.

Leadership & Development

• Serve as Technical Lead on assigned projects.
• Mentor engineers in technical and career development.
• Coach project engineers in both technical execution and project delivery.
• Create training content and support onboarding and knowledge transfer.
• Lead or serve as a core member of continuous improvement workstreams.

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience leading control and information system design and development.
• Extensive client consulting experience during solution architecture and implementation.
• Advanced proficiency programming and commissioning complex multi-platform systems.
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing, automation, industrial controls, and information systems.
• Strong knowledge of project leadership and quality management methods.
• Experience supervising, coordinating, and reviewing the work of others.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing ecosystem concepts across ISA-95 levels 0-4.

Project Specialty Areas

A Senior Solutions Engineer demonstrates depth in one or more specialty areas; examples include:

Batch

• Five or more years of relevant process-industry experience.
• Hands-on experience with batch control and batch management software.
• Working knowledge of ISA-88 and regulated or hazardous manufacturing environments, as applicable.
• Experience interpreting P&IDs and applying process instrumentation and drive technologies.

Visualization, Industrial IT and Data

• Five or more years of relevant manufacturing systems experience.
• Advanced experience with HMI, SCADA, reporting, MES/MOM, industrial networks, servers, databases, or manufacturing software development.
• Working knowledge of ISA-95 and industrial cybersecurity practices.

Design, and PLC

• Five or more years of relevant control-system experience.
• Advanced PLC, drive, motion, instrumentation, and industrial electrical design experience.
• Working knowledge of applicable safety, power quality, circuit protection, SIL, and SIS concepts.

Key Competencies, Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, scheduling, negotiation, and decision-making.
• Recognized ability to create practical innovation and lead change.
• Independent judgment in analyzing and resolving complex technical problems.
• Strong focus on priorities and efficient management of work across multiple projects.
• Established subject matter expertise and ability to teach others.
• Commitment to continued learning and professional development.
• Travel as requested for commissioning, field service, and other site engineering activities.

Education & Qualifications

• Engineering or Technology B.S. degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Manufacturing or a related technical field; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered.

Magnum Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by federal, state, or local law.