Field Engineer - I&E Specialist

Picarro, Inc. is a leader in actionable data using optical spectroscopy, and they are seeking a Field Engineer to support their Environmental Solutions business. The role involves installing, operating, and maintaining air quality and emissions monitoring systems, requiring a strong technical background and the ability to troubleshoot equipment and communicate with clients.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct installations of monitoring systems, including all sample handling equipment and PLC programming
• Complete critical objectives, such as quarterly quality assurance testing and daily calibration testing of differential pressure flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, and hazardous air pollutant CEMS
• Communicate with Project Managers to define time and resource requirements for a project and coordinate these deadlines with clients and third-party firms
• Communicate with industrial site operations personnel to identify and fix issues
• Complete required customer safety training and comply with safety rules on customer sites
• Conduct calibrations and validation tests for installed systems as required by an established quality assurance plan or environmental regulation
• Maintain hardware and spare parts inventory
• Maintain a quarterly quality assurance schedule and document the completion of all items
• Log system downtime and emissions for trend analysis
• Train customers on installed systems' functionality, maintenance, and operation
• Develop system manuals, test procedures, and guidance documents as required
• Ability to work with our software team for programming DAS and PLC to meet their specific requirements
• Help develop and update SOPs for future project work

Requirements:

• Approximately 2+ years of experience installing and maintaining complex emissions monitoring systems or an equal amount of time working in an industrial setting in an instrumentation or electrical field
• Experience, or the ability to familiarize oneself in environmental monitoring, safety systems, CEM, fenceline, stack testing, or similar complex industrial monitoring systems a major plus for this position
• Experience with PLC and Modbus communication protocols
• Ability to travel approximately 70% of the time to our headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
• The company reserves the right to require random drug testing for all applicable positions
• Bachelor's degree, Comparable Military Experience, or Technical Degree with job experience
• Instrumentation and Electrical Certification(s)