Electrical Engineer

ABOUT BENSON HILL
Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, tasty and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. This platform allows for cost-effective and more efficient ways for companies to analyze and make improvements in plant genetics. Benson Hill brings a unique and holistic approach to our product and platform development, as we span a broader workflow involving trait and seed development, genome editing, and breeding all the way to creating better ingredients and varieties that tap a strong consumer demand for more flavorful and nutritious fruits and vegetables. More information can be found online at www.bensonhill.com. Follow us on Twitter at @BensonHillInc.

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES
Our Core Values are a set of common principles we share that are fundamental to our company’s identity.
- BE BOLD! We redefine boundaries by providing new solutions to difficult problems. Together we are driven to transform the future and will not allow the fear of failure to prevent us from innovating. We voice our opinions, embrace change, and challenge each other to think creatively.
- BE INSPIRED! We have purpose in our work-we are curious, engaged, and have fun. We maintain an active learning mindset and are motivated by diverse people and thoughts. We are energized by all innovators and together we aim to make an impact and contribute to building a better world.
- BE REAL! We understand who we are, what we want to achieve, and what it takes to get there. We hold each other accountable through timely, candid, and well-intentioned feedback. Together we engage in honest communication and healthy debate that leads to success through true alignment.

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW 
The Product & Platform Acceleration team is focused on accelerating, scaling, and simplifying the product development process at Benson Hill. We are a diverse, energized, and experienced team of industry professionals with a proven track record of delivering novel technology that advances the field of agriculture. We are focused on enabling a robust data pipeline and deploying automation and robotics to the areas of greatest impact. We collaborate across a broad spectrum of internal technology teams along with key 3rd party partnerships to design and deliver systems that meet the rapidly evolving needs of Benson Hill’s business units.  

POSITION SUMMARY 
Benson Hill is looking for a passionate and proven Applications Engineer to be part of our Product & Platform Acceleration team. Benson Hill is rapidly increasing the level of automation and robotics deployed within all our laboratory and controlled environment spaces. We are looking for a seasoned professional to manage, execute, and perform all aspects of automation deployment from concept, external partnering, equipment identification and evaluation, and production implementation. The successful candidate will work across a diverse set of teams within our Technology organization and be exposed to a variety of novel applications for automation. 
 
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR: 
(ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES) 
- Partnering with internal teams to understand key program metrics, workflow requirements, and opportunities to leverage automation to support 
- Delivering advanced automation and analytical platforms from inception, proof of concept, and prototyping to sustainable robust industrial quality machines 
- Exhibit a rock-solid delivery record of timely delivery on projects and be able to provide complete final system documentation  
- Leveraging engineering knowledge and impowering colleagues to accelerate innovative ideas to effective business results 
- Continuing an innovative mindset of mining research to challenge the status quo of delivering tools for increased efficiency and optimum performance 
- Evaluating equipment options to validate fit within Benson Hill workflows 
- Subject matter expert for the electrical and controls aspects on all projects 
- Developing the necessary architecture for acquisition and delivery of equipment data to cloud servers 
- Successful equipment startup; installation, acceptance test criteria, & system validation 
- Identifying and maintaining critical 3rd party partnerships and ongoing relationships 
 
YOU HAVE: 
(COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS) 
EDUCATION 
- A Bachelor of Science (or higher) in electrical engineering. 

EXPERIENCE 
- 8+ years electrical engineering, automation, and system controls experience. 

SKILLSET/QUALIFICATIONS 
- Manage duties and people interactions in an effective professional, accountable, and time efficient manner 
- Experience with system controls, HMI programming, experience with REST APIs 
- Hands on experience with current and advanced software programming tools, integration data movement, and programming for automation platforms 
- Experience with total systems management and operational performance metrics 
- Experience with electrical panel design, layout, build, testing, and troubleshooting 
- Experience defining technical specifications, creating project proposals, estimates, and BOMs 
- Skilled with Microsoft Office 365 applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook 
 
OTHER 
- Experience with: C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML, OPC-UA, CSS, SQL Server is beneficial 
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills 
- Extremely results oriented 
- Take responsibility for project delivery and successful operation at all levels 
- Strong customer focus 
- Collaborative 
- Ability to focus and work independently with little direction 
- Fabrication experience is a plus 
 
WE HAVE A TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE AT BENSON HILL THAT CONSISTS OF MORE THAN JUST YOUR PAYCHECK. TOTAL REWARDS AT BENSON HILL COVERS PAY (SALARY AND BONUS), HEALTH (EMPLOYER BENEFIT CONTRIBUTIONS) AND WEALTH (INVESTMENTS). SOME OF THE PERKS INCLUDE: 
- A Collaborative Environment 
- A flexible PTO program with a focus on work/life balance  
- Competitive medical benefits and retirement savings plan 
- FREE Dental and Vision Coverage  
- Education reimbursement 
- PAID parental leave  
- And more….