DSA (Data Science Automation) is a PACIV Group of companies, and we are looking for a Senior/Principal Automation Architect. Y ou will play a pivotal role in advancing our automation initiatives and delivering innovative solutions to our clients. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply a diverse set of scientific and engineering skills across multiple disciplines, including Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Software Engineering. You will be at the forefront of pioneering technology adoption, building customized automation equipment, and leading key project initiatives.

This position is ideal for a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment and is eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible in automation technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn, Work, and Grow: Expand your expertise beyond your degree by engaging in continuous learning and applying your skills in a dynamic environment.

• Multi-Disciplinary Engineering: Leverage your knowledge across Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Software Engineering to drive the development of cutting-edge automation solutions.

• Comprehensive Automation: Perform all aspects of laboratory, product, manufacturing, and test automation, integrating hardware and software to create cohesive systems.

• Integrated System Building: Design and build integrated systems that encompass IIOT, data acquisition, instrumentation, automated test equipment, process controls, quality controls & inspection, motion controls, vision systems, robotics, machine design & build, AI & machine learning, data science, and real-time visualization.

• Mission-Critical Solutions: Implement solutions that coordinate diverse, multi-vendor, and multi-platform tools and technologies, ensuring seamless integration and operation.

• Technology Pioneering: Lead the adoption of new technologies, build customized automation equipment, and spearhead project initiatives to deliver impactful results for our clients.

• Client Consultation: Work closely with clients to specify system requirements, verify technical and economic feasibility, and design tailored solutions using both commercial-off-the-shelf and prototypical components.

• Component Procurement: Research, select, and procure system components that meet design specifications and acceptance criteria.

• Software Development: Write, test, deploy, and debug manufacturing and control software modules to ensure robust and reliable operation.

• System Assembly: Assemble and configure automation system hardware, components, and subsystems, ensuring seamless integration and functionality.

• Electrical Design: Design, wire, test, and troubleshoot electrical panels and systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards and client requirements.

• System Installation & Training: Install automation systems at client facilities, and provide comprehensive training to operators to ensure smooth handover and operation.

• Client Empowerment: Instruct engineering and application development courses, empowering clients to achieve self-sufficiency in their automation initiatives.

• Team Collaboration: Work independently and collaboratively on group projects in a professional office environment, contributing to a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Travel: Engage in short-term travel to domestic and international sites, approximately 20% – 30% annually, to oversee installations, provide training, and support client operations.

• Best Practices Adherence: Follow Control Systems Integrator Association (CSIA)-audited industry best practices to reduce client risk and ensure project success.

• DSA Methodologies: Apply DSA project execution methodologies to Plan, Implement, Educate, and Support our esteemed customer base.

• Live Core Values: Embody our core values by communicating with clarity, performing with mastery, relating with integrity, and achieving with accountability.

  Personal Qualifications:    

• Willing to contribute openly in a flexible work environment where behaviors are measured and results are rewarded

• Seek to grow professionally & expand industry credentials with an organization based on integrity and managed for growth

• Interest in a dynamic environment offering diverse industry exposure, extreme project variety, broad responsibilities, and technical challenges

• Perform consistently under what are often tight deadlines/budgets

• Goal-oriented, hardworking, self-starting confident, highly motivated, and focused individual

• Driven to achieve industry certifications on an accelerated timeline

• Proven ability to multi-task and follow through

• US Citizenship Required

  Academic Qualifications:

• B.S. and/or M.S. Degree in Engineering or Science, 3.0 GPA or higher

• Internships, co-ops, or other relevant technical work experience

• 0–30 years’ experience with mechanical, electrical, controls or software engineering disciplines

• Post-degree technical credentials are highly encouraged

  Software & Hardware Integration Qualifications:

• Microsoft Windows/365 operating systems and Microsoft Office Professional

• National Instruments LabVIEW, DAQmx, Real-Time and FPGA/Embedded programming

• Rockwell & Allen-Bradley PLC/HMIs, FactoryTalk, FactoryTalk Optix, RSVIEW, Studio 5000, CompactLogix and ControlLogix

• Ignition, Tulip, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, VB, C/C#/C++, Python, PID, DSP, SQL, OEE, SPC, ADO

• Cloud computing, AWS, Azure, Hadoop, Continuous Integration, RESTful API

• Device communication: Serial, USB, GPIB, PXI/VXI, Ethernet, Modbus, MQTT

• Sensors, Actuators & Instrumentation skills including understanding spec sheets, selection, wiring configurations, troubleshooting

  Company Description:

  We are Automating and Educating the World’s Leading Companies to Improve Lives, Elevate Careers, De-Risk Projects, and Advance Performance!

Data Science Automation Inc. is a small, award-winning, fast-growth, technology consulting and systems engineering firm implementing digital transformation strategies from the ground up.  Since 1993, we have provided our regional, national, and international clients with enterprise automation and operational solutions that span research, manufacturing, government, and business systems.  We apply adaptive automation technology to acquire, analyze, present, and manage data; to design, simulate, test, and validate products; to monitor, predict, control, and optimize processes; to invent, draft, prototype, and build machines for maximum productivity, quality, profit, and understanding.

DSA is a gold-tier Certified CSIA Member, one of the first 50 companies on the planet to achieve this elevated distinction.  As a technical training, consulting, programming, and turnkey solution provider of automated systems, we have delivered over 3,000 projects in the past 30+ years.  We are in an aggressive growth posture having merged recently with other reputable, international control systems integration companies.  While we maintain the ‘small’ culture of dynamic creativity and nimble responsiveness, this accelerated trajectory offers suitable candidates more professional growth opportunities than afforded by simply staying small. 

With a talented staff of engineers, scientists, and programmers, our goal is to precisely specify, design, and develop structured analytical solutions to quality-critical operations using commercial off-the-shelf components and customized software applications to make a difference while raising the professional standards of systems integration practices to reduce client risk.

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