Facilities Controls Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Controls Engineer to support our work on NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) in Monrovia, CA.  The DSN is a global array of large antennas that enables communication with interplanetary spacecraft and conducts critical space science missions. Join our team and help sustain and enhance the systems that connect Earth to the farthest reaches of the universe.

What You’ll Do:

As a Controls Design Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing, maintaining, and upgrading controls systems for DSN facilities and antennas at complexes located in California, Spain, and Australia. You’ll develop technical solutions to complex challenges and drive continuous improvement across mission-critical infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, troubleshoot, and maintain controls systems supporting facility and antenna subsystems

• Drive engineering projects from concept through execution, ensuring system safety, compliance, and performance

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including HVAC, Electrical, Fiber Optic, and Fire Protection engineers

• Ensure compliance with safety standards and applicable legal requirements

• Interpret system requirements, propose design solutions, and coordinate across engineering disciplines

• Provide on-site technical support and commissioning for control systems

• Create and maintain project documentation including user manuals, test procedures, and installation guides

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• Active California Professional Engineer (P.E.) License 
• Strong understanding of electrical codes, standards, and best practices.

• Hands-on experience with at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Assembly, C, C++, Python)

• Solid understanding of electrical and electronic components including resistors, capacitors, relays, actuators, AC/DC motors, motor controllers, and VFD/VSD systems.

• Familiarity with serial and parallel communication protocols such as I2C, Modbus, CAN bus, and BACnet

• Basic working knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS) like Automated Logic (ALC), Carrier, or Johnson Controls Metasys.

• Foundational understanding of sensor technologies (pressure, flow, voltage, current), analog and discrete I/O, PLC programming/Ladder Logic, and computer networking.

• This position requires access to federal facilities and/or regulated areas, which requires a REAL ID-compliant driver's license.

Desired Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of AC power systems, including medium voltage equipment, UPS systems, and electrical protection devices.
• Foundational understanding of mechanical engineering principles, such as torque, moment of inertia, and mechanical load characteristics.
• Basic familiarity with HVAC components, including fans, compressors, chillers, dampers, and actuators.
• Understanding of non-linear electrical/electronic components, such as transistors, diodes, and AC/DC or DC/AC converters and inverters.
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