John O'Donnell

Engineer at Dominion Energy

Halifax, Virginia, United States

About

I am currently a site engineer for Dominion Energy's Clover Power Station. My day-to-day work and projects cross many disciplines mainly including controls and electrical engineering. Some of my work includes designing new control schemes on legacy Allen Bradley PLC 5 and CompactLogix hardware, commissioning VFDs and safety equipment on the 6.9KV switchgear, redlining P&IDs and electrical schematics, supporting root cause investigations, and partnering with plant operations on safe isolation of equipment for new projects. Before working for Dominion, I worked on Ignition SCADA and SEL RTACs at SpaceX. Before SpaceX, I did full stack web development for Torrential Data Solutions using C# and Typescript. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University. I am interested in everything controls including DCS modernization, the OT/IT boundary, and automation with PLCs.

Experience

  • Engineer I at Dominion Energy
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Associate Engineer at SpaceX
    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023 · 7 mos

  • Software Engineer Intern at Torrential Data Solutions, Inc.
    May 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Technician at Beach Auto Outfitters
    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019 · 3 mos