Sr. Staff Equipment Engineer - Control and Integration

Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!

We are looking for a Sr. Staff Equipment Engineer - Control and Integration​ to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to the Director, Equipment Engineering and will be based in Fremont, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the manufacturing and development of fuel cell stack manufacturing equipment.
• Manage day-to-day equipment issues in a production environment related to MES.
• Support existing MES integration.
• Develop custom interface and API between production equipment and MES
• Ability to make decisions on key technical issues in a demanding environment.
• Work with design and process engineering to specify, design, source and build integrated automation and process control software.
• Support equipment related projects which includes but is not not limited to:
  • Purchasing of new or used equipment, set-up, qualification and release in production.
  • Manage multiple projects in manufacturing environment from maintenance of existing machines to specifying, purchasing and set up of new equipment.
  • Integration of different equipment aspects (software and hardware).

Education and Experience

• BS, or MS degree in computer engineering, computer science or equivalent

• Extensive (5-10 years) experience in Equipment Engineering supporting high volume manufacturing.

• Good hands-on systems integration experience, troubleshooting, and start-up and commissioning of equipment into production environment.

• System integration experience in creating custom machine interface between equipment controllers to Factory Information system. OPC_UA, MQTT, Serial communication and REST API

• Experienced in C++/C# and database programming.

• Experienced in setup and maintenance of TCP/IP, Serial communication, and industrial network protocols, such as Modbus, DeviceNet, Profibus or EtherNet/IP.

• Experienced in PLC, HMI, motion control and material handling, including robotics. Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens, Adept or Fanuc experience is a plus.

• Superior communication skills, (written, verbal and active listening.)

• Highly motivated self-starter, capable of self management with little to no oversight

• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to establish effective cross-functional working relationships. Ability to effectively participate in multi-disciplinary teams.

For more information visit: www.bloomenergy.com and view a video on What Powers Us!

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.

Salary Ranges

$127,100.00 - $182,900.00