Turbine Control System Application Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

💻 Application Engineer

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MD&A

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1982

⚡ Energy

🤝 B2B

🔧 Hardware

Energy • B2B • Hardware

<MD&A> MD&A is Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis, a full-service OEM-alternative provider of repairs, services, parts, and engineering for utility and industrial steam and gas turbines and electrical generators. With over four decades of experience, MD&A offers outage planning, field machining, rotor life extension and repair, balancing and vibration analysis, control and excitation services, remote monitoring and predictive maintenance, and supply of aftermarket and legacy parts, serving power producers and industrial operators worldwide.

📋 Description

• Provide technical and commercial leadership on assigned opportunities to drive growth of turbine control system and generator excitation offerings • Evaluate customer infrastructure, validate technical configurations, and recommend customized control solutions for steam turbines, gas turbines, compressors, and generators • Review RFQs, custom specifications, engineering data, P&IDs, and existing plant control philosophies • Design hardware/software architectures, define system network typologies, and create scopes of work for control system retrofits and upgrades • Estimate hours, software licensing, mechanical/electrical hardware, specialized tooling, subcontractor fees, and logistical margins • Formulate commercial terms, production schedules, baseline assumptions, and contractual exclusions • Conduct site surveys to review existing installations, inspect obsolete equipment, and identify improvements • Attend bid clarification and customer negotiation meetings, defend technical strategies, and handle scope changes • Present engineering concepts, system architectures, and economic justifications to stakeholders and plant operators • Partner with regional Account Executives to validate configurations and define bid strategies • Manage hand-off to the Project Execution Team upon project win • Coordinate with manufacturing, procurement, and field engineering for accurate costing and pricing

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Control Engineering, or equivalent automation discipline • Minimum of 10+ years in turbomachinery control systems engineering, plant instrumentation, commissioning, or a related automation environment • Demonstrable experience working with gas or steam turbine dynamics, generators, protection logic (permissives, trips, alarms), and rotating equipment • Ability to travel up to 20%–30% for site surveys, client meetings, and system assessments • Deep familiarity with industrial DCS/PLC systems, network topologies, and industry-standard protocols • Ability to confidently interpret blueprints, electrical schematics, cause-and-effect matrixes, and P&ID documentation • Strong capability in market-level pricing, macro cost-estimation modeling, and risk assessment • Exceptional cross-functional leadership, active listening, and high-impact presentation skills

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