Automation Engineer

Company Description

At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions.

Why do you need an animal to create meat?

Why can’t you build meat directly from plants?

Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein.

Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.

Overview

This position supports the pilot plants within the R&D division in El Segundo, CA.

The Automation Engineer will lead the automation efforts (control, monitoring and trending).

The ideal candidate has demonstrated previous automation experience in the food, beverage, cosmetic and/or biotechnology industry. 

Responsibilities

• Provide overall automation strategy and direction by acting as an integrator of equipment and skids from different vendors.
• Automation of pilot plant operations by procuring, installing, programming, configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining SCADA, HMIs, PLCs, network devices, instrumentation and controls.
• Familiarity and/or command of process control software (Biocommand, Ignition Vision and Perspective, Wonderware), data capture/historians (OSI soft PI), HMI (FactoryTalk View), PLC programming (Allen-Bradley/Rockwell’s RSLogix/Studio 5000, Siemens’s Simatic Step 7), basic scripting (visual basic, SQL, Python) and PID tuning.
• Familiarity and/or command of process control hardware such as controllers (CompactLogix), ethernet switches (Stratix2000), VFDs (Sinamics, Schneider, B&R, Allen-Bradley), LMCs (Schneider).
• Familiarity and/or command of communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP, ControlNet, Devicenet and RS485.

Qualifications

• B.S.

  degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science and 2 or more years of experience in automation engineering OR equivalent education and experience

• Substantial experience in the design, operation, troubleshooting and maintenance of process automation system in food and/or biotechnology pilot and/or manufacturing plants
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Capable of responding quickly to evolving priorities and comfortable dealing with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
• Highly-organized and self-starting work style with bias towards action

Work Environment:

Office environment with some travel (5%)

*Please note that Beyond Meat has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees.

All U.S.

employees who (a) physically enter a Beyond Meat facility in the United States, (b) represent Beyond Meat at work-related events, including but not limited to trade shows and product demonstrations, or (c) physically enter customer or potential customer sites in connection with their work for Beyond Meat must take all necessary steps to be Fully Vaccinated as a condition of employment, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved. 

Beyond Meat is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, gender identify, sexual orientation, national origin, liability for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are interested in learning the status of your application, please note you will be contacted directly by the appropriate human resources contact person if you are selected for further consideration.

Beyond Meat reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.

Please note that Beyond Meat has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees.

All U.S.

employees who (a) physically enter a Beyond Meat facility in the United States, (b) represent Beyond Meat at work-related events, including but not limited to trade shows and product demonstrations, or (c) physically enter customer or potential customer sites in connection with their work for Beyond Meat must take all necessary steps to be Fully Vaccinated as a condition of employment, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.