Summary
The Boring Company develops tunneling technology and underground transit systems. The Electrical Engineer designs, develops, integrates, troubleshoots, and inspects electrical and control systems for tunnel, industrial automation, facility, and vehicle applications. The role also involves coordinating with engineers, technicians, utilities, and contractors, and supporting equipment selection and procurement. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, industrial automation, or a related field, at least one year of relevant experience, and experience with control systems, sensors, PLCs, motor controls, and VFDs. The position is listed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The posting
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The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
Responsibilities
- Jump between the system and component level for various tunnel, industrial automation, lighting, power, building/ maintenance facilities and automotive control applications.
- Design, development and integration of simple and complex control systems for electrical, mechanical, and fluid power systems.
- Troubleshooting and deep level problem solving of various equipment such as tunnel boring machines and vehicles.
- Work with other engineers and technicians, in the field and in the office, to continually improve and integrate electrical systems with mechanical structures, mechanisms, software packages and civil engineering systems.
- Oversee and inspect installations, build, retrofits to requirements and conformance to design and specifications.
- Interface with local utilities and contractors for electrical service upgrades and installs.
- Assist in selection, developing specifications and procurement of electrical equipment
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, or a related field.
- 1+ years of experience in electrical engineering, controls engineering or related field.
- Experience designing, developing and integrating control and automation systems with and without human input.
- Experience in sensor selection for control systems and redundancy requirements.
- Experience working with PLCs and various control systems.
- Experience working with motor controls and VFDs.
- Strong and high proficiency in troubleshooting and problem solving of various electrical and control systems.
- Preferred but not required: PE license in the state of Texas or Nevada
Culture
We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.
The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.