Job Description
Controls Engineer
Work Location: Position may be performed remotely from a home office anywhere within the United States.
This position can expect to travel to client facilities throughout North America and to our headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA up to 50% of the time.
Ready to revolutionize industrial refrigeration? Crossno & Kaye, Inc. seeks a Control Engineer in Santa Barbara, CA. As a Controls Engineer you'll play a key role in deploying ATLAS, our cloud-based controls platform, that optimizes performance, enhances safety, and drives sustainability. You'll configure, test, and implement advanced control systems that directly impact facility operations, collaborating across teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions that transform our customers' success.
This role will report directly to our Sr Manager of Field Operations and we are looking for this individual to start immediately.
Duties include:
- Owning the creation, implementation, and testing of the facility configuration, including all controls strategies, cause and effects, I/O lists, user permissions, and hardware lists.
- Leading the completion of customer service tickets for various parts of the ATLAS Control System.
- Performing QA Testing with Product/Tech Teams to make sure systems are working properly and able to identify issues with potential solutions.
- Create and error check I/O lists, including ensuring wires are landed properly and I/O points are correctly named and marked.
- Assist in troubleshooting electrical panels and electrical signals.
- Discovering discrepancies during testing and working with the controls team to update the control strategy.
- Learn and use CK’s internal control language to write, document, test, and help deploy control strategies including:
- Safety checks and responses;
- Finite state machines at the equipment level;
- Process control integrating equipment level control.
- Monitor, characterize, and improve performance of deployed controls: Setpoint tracking; Tuning; Response times; Response characteristics.
- Assist in advanced process control and scheduling.
- Contribute to internal control language and software platform feature requests and provide feedback, bug reports, and recommendations to the software team.
- Conduct system evaluation and make appropriate recommendations to repair the control system as needed.
- Has the ability to understand our customer and possesses the passion and drive that the CK team has for the success of Atlas.
- Assist in development of ATLAS technical training for facility maintenance teams that covers basic troubleshooting, hardware replacement and manual operation of systems in the event of critical failure.
Position requires:
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related field and 36 months of experience in Industrial automation applications, and Deep knowledge of PLCs, with the ability to independently program in ladder logic;
- Experience with various Control Systems including, but not limited to SCADA or similar.;
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to be applied in troubleshooting, programming, and potential repair to the facilities current machinery.
Compensation:
The estimated total cash compensation for this role is $155,000–$175,000, which includes base salary, target bonus (for full-time team members), and applicable field pay. In addition, full-time team members are eligible for equity options—giving you the opportunity to grow alongside the company and share in the long-term success we're building together.
Final compensation is determined by several factors, including prior experience, skills, and alignment with the role. The range above is intended to provide a helpful benchmark, though it may be updated as needed.
Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive salary, travel pay, and equity opportunities
- Health, dental, vision insurance
- 401(k) plan and parental leave
- Untracked PTO and sick days
- Cell phone reimbursements and other perks
At CrossnoKaye, we’re building the first-ever operating system for heavy industries, revolutionizing how they operate and bringing them into the digital age. Our ATLAS cloud controls platform and Energy AI are already driving massive energy cost savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions at an industrial scale. Our goal? Making a measurable impact on climate change while improving safety and efficiency for our customers.
Our Commitment to Diversity: We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We seek to build a diverse pool of applicants that will help to push our company forward. We believe that our true success will come from a diverse, dynamic, and inclusive environment. We seek and will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other classification protected by law.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We seek to build a diverse pool of applicants that will help to push our company forward. We believe that our true success will come from a diverse, dynamic, and inclusive environment. We seek and will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, Veteran status, marital status, or any other classification protected by law.
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