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Controls System Engineer

HTD Resources, LLC
Houston, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026

Job Description:

Role: Controls System Engineer    

Mode: Onsite

Duration: Long term

Pay Rate: $35/hr W2 and $50/hr C2C

Visas: / H.1B / G.C / TN

Location: : Houston, TX

Relocation: Accepted

What You will Do:

  • Develop state-of-the-art controls & automation systems technology.
  • Lead development (develop code for PLC, NI or related software control systems), commissioning, and testing of control systems for frac and stimulation equipment.
  • Design and implement automation system networks, including specifying communications protocols, communications media and associated hardware.
  • Conduct hardware & software verification and validation.

What You Will Bring:

  • Experience in oil & gas and power generation preferred. 
  • Experience in large-scale industrial processes (chemical, pharmaceutical, oil & gas refining)
  • Proven experience in the development of advanced controls systems and Human Machine Interface (HMI) including PLC-based systems including model-based predictive and corrected parameter controls including the application of plant level modeling.
  • Strong background and experience in signal processing and analysis, control systems, system dynamics, and associated mathematics and computation.
  • Experience with system identification, data acquisition, measurement, and estimation techniques.
  • Experience with industrial communication protocols (e.g., Modbus, UDP/TCP, CAN, Profinet, more) for system integration
  • Experience with sensors, actuators, pumps, VFDs and other industrial automation hardware is a plus.
  • Experience with system safety design: IEC 61508, IEC 61131-3, functional safety (SIL). 

Competency, Skills & Abilities

  • Expertise implementing Siemens TIA portal, Allen Bradley, and/or National Instrument cRIO control systems.  
  • Ability to program in Microsoft VS, other IDE, C# and C , Phyton, Java, MATLAB is a Plus.
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings and diagrams, electrical schematics, piping and instrument drawings (P&IDs), flow charts and cause and effect diagrams.
  • Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and technical communication skills.
  • Support commissioning activities for field installations as needed.

Qualifications

  • Skills acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline and 4 years of related experience.
  • Completion of a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline is preferred.

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