Control Systems Engineer (Instrumentation & Controls)

HDR

Walnut Creek, CA

Pay: $90,965-$141,250/yr

Shift: Full time

Control Systems Engineer (Instrumentation & Controls) - (197614)

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

The Northern California Control Systems and Cybersecurity team supports a diverse portfolio of projects across industrial automation, operational technology (OT), SCADA, instrumentation and controls (I&C), industrial networking, building automation (BAS/BMS), and OT cybersecurity. This position will provide technical support and project delivery services for a variety of clients including hyperscale data centers, municipal water and wastewater utilities, renewable energy and battery energy storage facilities, agribusiness and food processing clients, advanced manufacturing facilities, and mission-critical infrastructure.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across the full project lifecycle, including planning, assessment, design, implementation support, commissioning, and operational optimization of industrial control systems. While many candidates may have deeper experience in one specific area, we are particularly interested in engineers who are adaptable and interested in developing expertise across multiple control systems disciplines.

In the role of **Control Systems Engineer**, we'll count on you to:

• Development of SCADA, PLC, HMI, instrumentation, and industrial networking solutions for municipal, industrial, and commercial clients.
• Preparation of engineering studies, master plans, assessments, basis-of-design reports, and technical memoranda related to control systems, automation, networking, and operational technology.
• Design and development of construction documents including P&IDs, network architecture diagrams, control panel layouts, wiring diagrams, loop drawings, instrumentation schedules, control narratives, and technical specifications.
• Support of industrial control system implementations including PLC programming, HMI development, system integration, testing, commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting.
• Participation in OT and industrial cybersecurity assessments, network architecture development, asset inventories, segmentation strategies, and implementation of security controls aligned with industry standards and best practices.
• Integration of control, networking, power, instrumentation, and process systems in coordination with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Participation in client workshops, field investigations, site assessments, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning activities, and operational readiness evaluations.
• Support of proposal development, technical presentations, client engagement activities, and business development initiatives.

Current and anticipated project opportunities include work for hyperscale data center clients, municipal water and wastewater utilities, industrial and agribusiness facilities, renewable energy and battery energy storage systems, and operational technology modernization programs throughout Northern California and the western United States. The candidate should be comfortable working across multiple market sectors and adapting to a broad range of client requirements and project delivery models.

Experience with the following is highly desirable:

• SCADA systems and industrial automation platforms
• PLC and HMI development
• Industrial Ethernet and OT networki