Principal Instrumentation & Controls Integration Architect

Job Description

Job DescriptionLead the orchestration of complex I&C systems

Picture your day as the technical linchpin on a large-scale plant technology program. In this 12-month contract, you’ll guide how advanced instrumentation and control (I&C) subsystems come together—aligning architecture, governing interfaces, and ensuring everything meets functional, safety, and cybersecurity objectives. You’ll work shoulder to shoulder with a multidisciplinary team, shaping plans, leading reviews, and validating that what’s built matches what was promised.

What a typical day might look like

• Start by refining the I&C system integration plan—mapping dependencies, risks, and milestones across the system lifecycle.
• Run an interface control working group to keep subsystem owners synchronized with the overall architecture.
• Facilitate a design integration review to confirm compliance with project requirements and engineering standards.
• Prepare and oversee acceptance testing and pre-operational validation, ensuring verification evidence is complete and traceable.
• Dig into a tricky integration issue spanning software baselines and plant controls—and drive it to resolution under formal change control.
• Update the requirements traceability matrix in IBM DOORS (or Polarion) to maintain end-to-end linkage from stakeholder need to verification artifact.
• Conduct a configuration audit, confirming documentation, diagrams, and software baselines remain consistent with the approved Configuration Management Plan.
• Package documentation to support regulatory reviews, certifications, and audits.

What you’ll deliver

• A living, enforceable I&C integration plan and interface control strategy.
• Clear alignment of system architecture with requirements and standards.
• Robust verification and validation evidence across all lifecycle phases.
• Disciplined requirements management and configuration control.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another STEM discipline.
• 10+ years in engineering, including 5+ in systems engineering.
• Fluency with engineering standards and quality frameworks.
• Hands-on expertise with requirements tools (e.g., IBM DOORS, Polarion) and configuration management systems.
• Background with digital control systems and automation platforms.

Additional proficiencies

• Bachelor's Degree
• Continuous Improvement
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Process Engineering
• Cyber Security Programs
• Analysis Programs
• Process Development

Our safety promise

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About WECTEC Staffing Services

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Compensation & benefits

• Competitive pay: $49/hour to $63/hour, dependent on your experience, qualifications, and skills.
• Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions

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