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title: "Staff Instrumentation and Controls Engineer"
company: "Mariana Minerals"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/mariana-minerals"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/mariana-minerals-staff-instrumentation-and-controls-engineer-f4c1d813-13ba-449c-a878-149c93be71e4"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/marianaminerals/50d676d2-0ca3-4c3c-9f92-94c53a71e774"
workplace: onsite
location: "Houston, TX"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: staff
role: software-engineering
region: united-states
salary: "$150,000–$190,000 per year"
date_posted: 2026-09-04T22:44:38.052Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-05T08:28:22.654Z
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# Staff Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

**Mariana Minerals** · Houston, TX

Salary: $150,000–$190,000 per year

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/marianaminerals/50d676d2-0ca3-4c3c-9f92-94c53a71e774

## About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.

## About the role

### About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

**Role Overview**

Mariana Minerals is looking for a highly motivated Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to work on building the critical minerals supply chain.

As the I&C Engineer at Mariana Minerals, you will lead the development and deployment of first-of-its-kind chemical refining processes, while also playing a critical role in the development of software for capital project execution and automated plant optimization. Responsibilities will include leading equipment and plant-wide instrument and controls infrastructure scopes from concept through to design, installation, commissioning, ramp, and handover to the operations team, and supporting the buildout of an in-house engineering team.

**What You’ll Do**

- Lead equipment scopes from concept and modeling validation, through procurement, engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and ramp

- Manage external equipment providers, technology licensors, and engineering companies to deliver fully integrated and functional mineral refining scopes

- Drive cross-functional teams of lab technicians, pilot plant engineers, process engineers, and project engineers to lead the technical equipment scale-up and de-risk the commercialization of novel mineral refining processes

- Support the hiring, mentorship, and day-to-day management of junior engineers

- Lead selection, procurement, calibration, and installation of instruments, valves, and analyzers

- Support development of machine learning applications with an emphasis on control and optimization of industrial facilities

- Identify and support opportunities for the software and machine learning teams to automate capital project execution workflows and develop advanced plant control algorithms**What You’ll Bring**

- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage the understanding to solve challenging problems

- Experience with equipment engineering and design. Including but not limited to:

- Brownfield equipment modifications and upgrades

- Greenfield equipment design

- Evaluation and optimization of operating equipment

- Operations supportStrong I&C fundamentals

- Minimum 7 years direct experience as an instrumentation engineer, including

- Measurement technology evaluation, including novel technologies

- Instrument specification and procurement

- Instrument detailed design and interface with construction teams

- Field inspections and QA/QC

- Calibration, startup support, troubleshooting

- Experience in design, procurement, installation, and operations support of analyzers

- Review of P&IDs and development of instrumentation deliverables

- Experience with control system programming

- Experience with HMI programmingExperience with the following industries and/or production environments:

- Industrial manufacturing

- Large-scale mining or mineral processing

- Large-scale chemical production processes

- Engineering, procurement, and construction firms

- Experience with direct or indirect leadership of engineers and technicians

- Experience with project management and execution of medium to large scale (>$5M) capital projects

#### Our culture is built on four principles:

**Everyone Gets Home Safe. **We never put speed or cost ahead of people.

**Extreme Ownership. **We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions.

**Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate. **We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale.

**Share Your Legos.** We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions.

**Join us as we build the future of responsible mineral sourcing and supply!**

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