Lead I&C / DCS Engineer (Power Generation Controls)

Location: US, Flexible, TX; Workplace type: On Site

Company

hirify.global is a US-based global power company developing renewable energy and power infrastructure across 12 countries.

What you will do

• Own the integrated SCADA, DCS, controls, instrumentation, electrical supervisory control, and protection interface strategy for a co-generation and hybrid power facility.
• Serve as the final technical authority for system architecture, control ownership, interfaces, design deviations, production changes, and multidisciplinary control issues.
• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team and coordinate with project engineering, operations, maintenance, cybersecurity, IT, electrical and process engineering, OEMs, vendors, and data center stakeholders.
• Direct vendor, OEM, system integrator, relay specialist, and contractor performance, including deliverables, interface closure, corrective actions, and technical risk.
• Lead FAT, HIL, SAT, commissioning, failover testing, operating readiness, defect disposition, evidence retention, and technical acceptance recommendations.
• Govern configuration management, cybersecurity boundaries, backups, patching, access control, disaster recovery, lifecycle planning, event response, QA/QC, and requirements traceability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, controls, instrumentation, chemical, or mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 10 years of substantial progressive experience in power generation controls, industrial automation, SCADA/DCS, instrumentation, substation automation, protective relay interfaces, or related critical or heavy industrial infrastructure systems.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary and cross-functional engineering teams and complex vendor-integrated projects from design through commissioning and operations.
• Working knowledge of power generation controls, process controls, BESS control hierarchies, grid-forming concepts, electrical protection boundaries, industrial communications, alarm management, historian systems, cybersecurity, and configuration management.
• Experience planning and governing FAT, HIL, SAT, commissioning, failover testing, and post-event analysis for integrated control systems.
• Ability to interpret one-lines, P&IDs, control narratives, cause-and-effect matrices, I/O databases, network diagrams, logic documentation, protection interfaces, and dynamic study results.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, stakeholder management, systems thinking, decision-making, risk management, technical governance, vendor management, change control, documentation, QA/QC, communication, coaching, and knowledge-transfer skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and relevant role-specific project systems.
• Commitment to safety, quality, integrity, continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and elimination of single-person dependencies.
• Ability to travel to project, supplier, partner, or operating locations as required.

Nice to have

• Experience with DCS/PLC or a comparable power generation automation platform.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site work in the United States, with the role associated with flexible Texas location details.
• Work is centered on safety, quality, integrity, accountability, collaboration, diversity, and continuous improvement.
• The role includes travel to project, supplier, partner, or operating locations as required.
• The position provides technical authority over control system assets at Purdue Level 3 and below and requires documented evidence before technical acceptance.

Hiring process

• Applicants must meet the stated qualifications and are subject to employment work-authorization verification through the I-9 process and E-Verify.