Thea Energy
Control Systems Manager
$150K–$185K
Kearny, NJ · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 6 or more years of relevant engineering experience; 3 or more years directly supervising engineers or serving as an engineering team lead.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, controls engineering, computer science, physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads a multidisciplinary team delivering, integrating, commissioning, and maintaining control and data systems for technology programs, test equipment, and superconducting-magnet facilities.
What you'll do
- Supervise and mentor engineers and specialists; manage work allocation, performance, hiring, and team delivery.
- Plan program execution and design, integrate, commission, and maintain control systems, instrumentation, and data systems.
- Translate needs into requirements and verification plans; coordinate interfaces, vendors, safety practices, and engineering documentation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, controls engineering, computer science, physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 or more years of relevant engineering experience in integrated control systems, industrial automation, instrumentation, fast data acquisition, real-time systems, embedded systems, or test facility engineering.
- 3 or more years directly supervising engineers or serving as an engineering team lead with responsibility for work assignment, coaching, performance feedback, and team delivery.
- Experience delivering complex controls or test systems from requirements and design through implementation, validation, commissioning, and operational support.
Nice to have
- Experience with LabVIEW, SCADA, distributed control systems, and operator interface development.
- Experience with industrial controls, integration protocols, data acquisition, timing and synchronization, embedded software, data systems, or relevant complex facilities.
Pay
USD 150,000–185,000 base salary per year
Tools
LabVIEW, PLC, Beckhoff TwinCAT, Allen Bradley, CODESYS, OPC UA, EtherCAT, Python
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