▼ About Oishii: At Oishii, we grow the best fruit by deploying ground-breaking vertical farming technology that pushes the boundaries of agriculture. We grow fruit in an indoor vertical farm at commercial scale. We started with strawberries, which we debuted at Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, the three star Michelin restaurant considered by critics to be among the best in the world. Since then, we have supplied our strawberries to food-loving consumers, world-class restaurants, and specialty retailers across NYC. Our proprietary technology enables us to grow the very best produce year-round, at the same high level of quality, all without using any pesticides. Oishii has been profiled in Eater, NPR, Time Magazine, and Fortune. Oishi was also one of the Fast Companies Most Innovative Companies of 2022. (link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90753797/oishii-the-tesla-of-strawberries-is-slashing-its-prices-by-more-than-half) At Oishii, everything we do works toward accomplishing our mission of transforming agriculture sustainably while bringing produce that truly delights people everywhere. This requires farmers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and members of many other backgrounds to work together day-in and day-out to innovate, while operating increasingly large farms. We have an amazing mission-driven team of highly motivated and engaged members. Learn More https://oishii.com/

We grow the BEST Strawberries & that wouldn’t be possible without our super talented engineering team! As part of our Engineering team, a Controls Engineer will be involved with the design, commissioning, ramp-up, and operations of our farms and will support Facilities and Maintenance teams in preparing preventative maintenance and standard operating procedures documentation. Our Control Engineers work on PLC programming, SCADA system development, process implementation, and optimization across multiple systems. ▼ What you’ll be responsible for: - Maintain existing controls systems; this includes checking programming settings and repairing/troubleshooting sensors. - Perform updates to existing controls systems to meet the needs of our farm team; this includes, but is not limited to adding new components, changing HMI screens, and editing PLC programs. - Continually improving the system by finding ways to increase resiliency in the system with hardware and software. - Design and improve libraries for new and existing installations using AOIs. - Create and update SCADA screens, alarms, and Historian. - Develop models for prescriptive maintenance and anomaly detection using machine learning techniques on historical data. - Work closely with cross functional partners throughout facilities to ensure a cohesive operation amongst different functions such as farming. Partner to escalate gaps to leadership as necessary. - Commission new facilities from IO checkout to start-up.

▼ Who will love this job: Individuals who identify with our Core Values and exhibit skills within those values will thrive at Oishii. ◇ One Team, One Fight! - Work effectively with cross-functional teams and experts in all areas of research across the Oishii organization - Engage with teammates in a humble, respectful manner at all times and build an atmosphere where all members engage in an inclusive manner - Balance Japan local priorities with global priorities and work effectively with all stakeholders to build consensus on strategy ◇ Focus - Ability to understand Oishii’s end-to-end business model and connections between financial outcomes and plant outcomes - Ability to learn extremely complex technical content at a rapid pace, with an innate desire to learn new themes - Ability to prioritize aggressively and communicate and gain stakeholder engagement, particularly when deprioritizing potential research themes ◇ GSD (Get Sh** Done!) - Extremely eager to roll up their sleeves, enter farms, and understand what is happening at all times, as well as lean in and support farm operations and facility maintenance - Ability to analyze data extremely rapidly and accurately, as well as create compelling written documentation in an effective manner - Extreme sense of urgency with the ability to help teammates think creatively and move on faster timelines and reach conclusions more rapidly

▼ What We Look for in a Controls Engineer: - Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline or 2-3 years of related work experience - Experience in a farming, manufacturing, warehousing, production or similar environment. - Experience and knowledge of multiple systems, areas and programing including PLCs (Allen Bradley Prefered), - HMIs/SCADA (Panelview 5000 & Ignition Prefered), VFDs, PID control, analog & digital field components, - Ethernet and Modbus communication protocols, python programming, SQL, and AutoCAD. - Comfortable with ambiguity with proven capabilities to provide/implement structure. - Experience working with an organization during a time of expansion or scale is a plus! ▼ Shift & Schedule: - This is a 5 day/week onsite role. - The role does require on-call support/troubleshooting which may include some nights and weekends. ※※※※※　選考に関しまして（2024/10/7 追記）　※※※※※ 現在、こちらの職種の勤務開始日は 未定 となっております。 申し訳ございませんが、現時点でご応募いただけましても弊社からの連絡は行っておりません。事業規模拡大に応じ、選考が開始されましたら、弊社採用担当よりご連絡差し上げます。 こちらのポジションにご興味頂けましたら、まずはご応募いただき、選考プロセスの開始をお待ちください。