Careers

We are nothing without the people who come to work every day and make DST the amazing place it is. Enjoy a relaxing, dog friendly, environment where everyone is a team player and works together to deliver continuous customer satisfaction.

Our four promises to each person that entrusts DST with their career are:

• Competitive Compensation

• Doing Interesting Work

• Working with Great People

• Building Skills for the Future

Every day we all work towards a common goal with purpose. We feel that working at DST is not just a job, but something more meaningful. We understand that each person is critical to our success as a whole and strive to support, challenge, and have fun with our jobs each day.

Whether you have been in the workforce for many years or are looking for your first job; we have something to offer. At DST you will be encouraged to reach your full potential and provided a path to move your career forward in a significant way.

We work in many industries and have a wide breadth of competencies within our team. This ranges from manufacturing and electrical design, control system design and programming, and software and database programming.

Open Positions and How to Apply

Below are our open positions to fill immediately. We welcome a chance to talk with you and see if DST is the place for moving your career forward in a real way! Please submit your resume with a cover letter (optional) to careers@dstcontrols.com.

Controls Engineer

Education

Four-year degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience is desirable, but not required.

Work Experience

Two (2) or more year’s verifiable experience in PLC/HMI/SCADA programming and systems engineering in industrial applications using one or more mainstream platforms: Allen-Bradley, Schneider, GE, Siemens platforms.

Ideal Candidate

Since DST Controls’ engineers work in a number of different industries and work with several different hardware and software platforms, the number one characteristic we look for in a candidate is love of learning new things, whether it involves Rockwell’s latest and greatest product or a customer’s newest nettlesome control problem. After that, we look for as much of the following as we can find...

Skills We Look For

• Competency in using Rockwell Automation Products, WonderWare, iFix, Cimplicity HMI/SCADA software.

• Ability to read P & ID’s, flow diagrams, and electrical schematics.

• General knowledge of networking and communication protocols, e.g., EtherNet, Modbus, Profinet, IO-Link. ControlNet and DeviceNet.

• Capable of completing projects within a budget.

• Basic working knowledge of AutoCAD.

• Identify control system components and use a bill of materials to meet project requirements.

• Follow project cost estimates.

• General knowledge of process instrumentation.

• General knowledge of programming and configuring Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).

• Good communication skills: oral, written and listening.

• General knowledge of, or interest in, mechanical systems and manufacturing equipment.

• Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team as needed.

• Flexibility when required to work outside of normal business hours as required by clients’ needs.

• General knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).

Requirements

Must possess a valid driver’s license with a clean DMV record.

Business Development – Control Systems

Education

Four-year degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Work Experience

3+ years of industrial control Sales or Systems Engineering experience (SCADA, HMI, PLC, VFD etc.)

Description

As Key member of DST Controls’ Sales Team, duties include but are not limited to…

• Engage with existing clients and partners to establish, scope-out, and quote new project opportunities

• Drive quote estimation and proposal generation processes

• Occasional Trade Shows (mostly SF Bay Area) as attendee or exhibitor

Core Skills

• Be able to do P&ID I/O point take-offs

• Be results-oriented vs Time Clock oriented

• Professional competence with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, and Power Point

• Have excellent speaking and writing skills.

• Be a fast learner and curious about how things work in industrial environments.

• Be a team player and good collaborator (“It’s about what’s right, not who’s right”)

• Have good driving record and be able to pass occasional drug and alcohol tests, as mandated by some of DST’s customers.

• Have experience in any of following industries: Life Sciences, Water & Waste, Food & Beverage, Energy (fossil & alternative).

• Be experienced with one or more of the following: Rockwell, GE, and Siemens industrial control hardware and software.

• Strong computer skills and competency in Microsoft Windows OS, Excel, Word

Additional Skills

• Experience with PLC and SCADA programming

• Experience with SSRS and SharePoint

• Experience with OSIsoft PI or Rockwell Software Products

• Experience with Ethernet networking devices, such as routers, switches, and NIC