Instrumentation, Controls & Power Electronics Role

Company Description

Hydram Dynamics is an Icelandic tech company developing large-scale liquid piston inertial evaporators which efficiently transform industrial waste heat into process steam.

Benefits of the equipment include reduced reliance on natural gas, lower emissions and cooling. Hydram’s equipment will soon be sold to thermally intensive sectors, including chemical manufacturing, pulp-board, food-beverage, refineries, textiles etc. Its cooling properties will furthermore be used to cool down data center facility loops.

Demanding, mission-driven environment for professionals interested in contributing to the development of extremely complex three story high industrial process hardware solution.

Hydram's prototypes are wired with +40 high frequency sensors like an F1 race car collecting data on pressures, temperatures, flow directions and velocity, surface levels - with multitude of relays controling its precision timed operation.

Role Description

This full-time, on-site role is based at the company’s modern and spacious headquarters in Garðabær, Iceland. The position focuses on the electronics, sensing, actuation and control systems. Day-to-day work includes designing, building, calibrating and integrating sensor systems (temperature, pressure, level, flow, position, vibration, etc.), working with PLCs for data acquisition and local control. Although we're moving from ESP32s the job would require being comfortable with soldering and wiring of small electronics, maintaining a Linux based server and database of test sensor data.

The role also requires knowledge and experience in three phase power electronics wiring motors and controllers. It is emphasized that experience here is required(!) - although most of the time goes toward PLCs, low power electronics and coding.

Responsibilities also include planning and executing tests, debugging sensor and power electronics issues in a lab/industrial setting, documenting setups and findings and overall contributing to the transition from prototype to more robust industrial implementations.

The role is hands-on and collaborative within a small team requiring candidates to be practical, results-driven problem-solvers who enjoy building and fixing real hardware.

Core requirements:

• Experience with PLCs (and microcomputers like ESP32s) for data acquisition, control or IoT-style instrumentation as well as programming in Python and C++.
• Hands-on work with small electronics: soldering (including prototype wiring), preparing and reading schematics.
• Experience with several-kW electric motors and controllers, wiring and safety.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced prototype environment with quick iterations and builds and overall strong practical problem-solving skills.

Relevant background:

• Degree in electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, automation, mechanical engineering with strong electronics focus, or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with dynamic control systems feedback, PID.
• Experience programing simple readable code in Python and C++ (not solely relying on AI).

Optional but beneficial:

• Experience with industrial sensors, high-frequency data acquisition, or logging systems.
• Understanding of physics, thermodynamics, heat-transfer, fluids.
• Basic Linux experience
• Knowledge of process equipment, steam systems, or large mechanical prototypes.
• Ability to work collaboratively on-site in a small, early-stage team.

Hydram is an early-stage environment with a mission-focused mindset. The right applicant is a smart, results-driven, hard worker who's looking for an exciting and fun journey.