Overview In this role you drive the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of field instrumentation for next-generation manufacturing facilities. You will partner with internal teams and external partners to ensure precise monitoring, safe operation, and scalable control of complex processes. You'll lead I&C reviews, specify SIS/SIL components, and integrate instruments with PLC/SCADA systems. This is a hands-on, cross-functional leadership role shaping safe, efficient, and high-performance production. The opportunity offers impact on building scalable, future-ready manufacturing at Sila.
Compensation / Benefits- Total Rewards package including benefits, perks, and equity
Responsibilities- Select and specify field instruments for high-temperature, solid material handling, and hazardous gas systems
- Lead I&C design reviews during FEED and detailed engineering with external vendors and internal teams
- Create and maintain instrument indexes, data sheets, P&IDs, loop diagrams, control drawings, alarm/trip lists, and cause-and-effect matrices
- Specify SIL-rated instrumentation for Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Provide hands-on oversight during build phases: instrument receiving, installation, loop checks, calibration, FAT/SAT, and startup
- Collaborate with automation/process engineers to integrate field instrumentation into PLC architectures, SCADA networks, and safety interlocks
Key requirements- B.S. in Electrical, Instrumentation, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics concentration) with 5+ years of capital projects experience in related process industries
- Technical knowledge of measurement principles, signal protocols, loop design, and valve sizing software
- Direct experience specifying, procuring, and installing instrumentation for combustible dust, toxic/flammable gas, and/or high-temperature environments
- Proven track record moving industrial greenfield capital projects from concept design through construction and site checkout
- Proven ability driving cross-functional technical decisions and thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous settings
- Willingness to travel to vendor facilities and Moses Lake, WA during construction/testing/commissioning (up to 25%)
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Technical leadership and mentorship
- Decision-making under ambiguity
- Field instrumentation selection and sizing
- SIS/SIL and safety instrumented systems knowledge
- P&IDs, I/O lists, loop diagrams, control panel drawings
