Director Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical – Power Conversion
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We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. There's no explicit application instructions besides maybe "Applicants must be legally authorized..." which is part of EEO? Actually that's a requirement about work authorization; it's substantive? It's a requirement but maybe considered boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The work authorization statement might be considered EEO/legal? It's about eligibility; but it's a requirement. However it's likely considered legal boilerplate. Safer to remove it? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The work authorization is not exactly EEO but it's a legal requirement. Might be considered boilerplate. I'd remove it to be safe.
We need to include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does: Salary: $225,000 USD - $300,000 USD. So we need a Pay section.
Benefits: The posting lists "What We Offer" includes competitive base salary, equity, comprehensive medical benefits, unlimited PTO, free daily lunch and dinner, generous PPE stipend, high-impact startup environment, opportunities for rapid career growth, direct collaboration, opportunity to help build... So we can make a Benefits section with those items as list.
Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should not include Schedule.
Qualifications: There's Basic Qualifications and Preferred Skills and Experience. Could combine into Requirements/Qualifications/Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which headings to use. We have content for About the role (maybe a summary), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Qualifications (Basic Qualifications), Skills (Preferred Skills and Experience), Benefits, Pay. Also maybe "About the role" could be the description of the role (The Role section). We'll include About the role as a
summarizing the role description.
We must not repeat the job title as heading. The job title is "Director of IC&E for Power Conversion". We'll not use that as heading.
We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include details from About Valar Atomics, The Team, The Role description, Key Responsibilities (with bullet points), Program & Team Leadership, Phase Continuity, You Will Be Successful..., Basic Qualifications (bullet list), Preferred Skills and Experience (bullet list), What We Offer (benefits), Salary.
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We'll structure:
About the role
... combine The Role description plus maybe The Team and About Valar Atomics? Actually About the role heading likely should contain description of the role, not company. But we can include company info in About the role? Might be okay. However we could also have a separate section for About Valar Atomics? Not in allowed headings list. But we could incorporate into About the role as prose.
Better: About the role: include the paragraph describing the role (The Role) plus maybe mention team context.
Responsibilities: list Key Responsibilities bullet points.
Qualifications: Basic Qualifications bullet list.
Skills: Preferred Skills and Experience bullet list.
Benefits: What We Offer bullet list.
Pay: Salary.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's extract content.
About Valar Atomics paragraph: "At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level."
The Team paragraph: "As part of the Engineering organization, Instrumentations & Controls designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect Valar's facilities and reactor technologies. The team develops reliable control architectures that enable safe and efficient operations."
The Role paragraph: "Our HTGR power conversion system will be built around a secondary loop Brayton cycle, high-speed turbomachinery operating on helium, sCO2, and even air at extreme temperatures and pressures, paired with development generator sets and a purpose-built test facility program. The Director of IC&E for Power Conversion owns the full instrumentation, control, and electrical architecture across this system: from early R&D and rig design through test facility construction, commissioning, and ultimately integrated plant operation. This role demands someone who can operate at two levels simultaneously with a hands-on technical authority who understands turbomachinery dynamics, high-speed generator control, and test system instrumentation at a deep level, and a team leader who builds and develops the IC&E organization around the power conversion program. Candidates from oil & gas, aerospace propulsion, industrial turbomachinery, or power generation are strongly preferred. Nuclear background is a plus, not a prerequisite."
We can combine these into About the role paragraph.
Key Responsibilities bullet list: need to capture each bullet under "Key Responsibilities". The text includes sections: Technical Leadership — Turbomachinery & Power Conversion (with sub-bullets), Test Facility Design, Construction & Commissioning, Program & Team Leadership, Phase Continuity. We'll flatten into bullet points.
Let's list:
- Own the IC&E design basis for the primary to secondary coolant loop Brayton cycle power conversion unit (PCU), including compressor, turbine, recuperator, and intercooler control systems
- Define instrumentation strategy for high-speed rotating machinery — shaft dynamics, vibration monitoring, tip clearance, temperature, pressure, and flow measurement in helium environments
- Develop control system architecture for turbomachinery startup, shutdown, load following, trip logic, and speed/load governing
- Lead IC&E design for development generator sets — excitation systems, voltage regulation, synchronization, protection relays, and grid interface or islanded operation schemes
- Establish electrical power distribution design for the power conversion facility: MV/LV switchgear, variable frequency drives (VFDs), power electronics, and auxiliary systems
- Lead IC&E scope for the design and construction of turbomachinery development and test facilities — from instrumentation layout and data acquisition architecture through facility electrical design
- Own IC&E commissioning planning and execution
- Establish instrumentation calibration programs, measurement uncertainty budgets, and data quality standards for development testing
- Build, lead, and mentor the power conversion IC&E engineering team across disciplines, controls, instrumentation, electrical, and data systems
- Define team structure, staffing plans, and competency roadmap as the program scales from R&D through construction and commissioning phases
- Manage IC&E scope, schedule, and budget within the broader power conversion program
- Select and manage IC&E vendors, system integrators, and instrumentation suppliers; define qualification, calibration, and acceptance requirements
- Collaborate closely with turbomachinery, mechanical, thermal-hydraulics, systems engineering, and the reactor IC&E team to ensure integrated plant control architecture is coherent across the PCU–reactor interface
- Carry IC&E ownership across all power conversion program phases: conceptual design → detailed engineering → test facility procurement and construction → commissioning and integrated testing → reactor plant integration
Also "You Will Be Successful in This Role If You ..." could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section but we can include as bullet points under Responsibilities or maybe under a separate "Success Factors" but not in allowed headings. We could incorporate into Responsibilities as bullet points.
List:
- Enjoy solving first-of-a-kind engineering challenges where there is no existing playbook
- Communicate effectively with executives, regulators, customers, and engineering teams, translating complex technical concepts into clear decisions
- Thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve, but safety and engineering quality remain uncompromising
We'll add those as bullet points under Responsibilities.
Basic Qualifications bullet list:
- 15+ years of engineering experience in instrumentation, control systems, and/or electrical design for rotating machinery, turbomachinery, or high-performance industrial systems
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with turbomachinery control systems — speed governing, surge protection, bearing monitoring, trip logic, or equivalent
- Experience leading IC&E scope on test facilities, development rigs, or capital construction projects
- Strong foundation in electrical systems design: switchgear, motor drives, protection and controls, and facility power distribution
- Experience managing IC&E teams and vendor relationships across multiple project phases
Preferred Skills and Experience bullet list:
- Experience with high-speed generators, excitation systems, and power conversion electronics
- Background in Brayton cycle, gas turbine, or compressor-expander systems
- Familiarity with helium or other working fluid systems and associated instrumentation challenges (low viscosity, high thermal conductivity, leak detection)
- Experience with high-bandwidth data acquisition systems and dynamic measurement in rotating machinery applications
- Nuclear industry experience, commercial, defense, or national laboratory particularly in power conversion or balance-of-plant systems
- Knowledge of relevant standards: API 670 (machinery protection), IEEE 1023 (nuclear BOP control), IEC 61511 (functional safety), NFPA 70/79
- PE license (Instrumentation, Control, or Electrical) a plus
What We Offer bullet list:
- Competitive base salary
- Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
- Generous PPE stipend
- High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
- Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
- Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders
- The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up
Pay: Salary: $225,000 USD - $300,000 USD
We'll output as:
About the role
... combined paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- ...
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Qualifications
...
Skills
...
Benefits
...
Pay
$225,000 USD - $300,000 USD
We must not include any extra text.
Check for any duplicated lines: ensure we didn't repeat.
Now craft the About the role paragraph: combine the three paragraphs into a coherent prose.
Let's write:
At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy by making clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable for industry, hydrogen, and next‑generation manufacturing. As part of the Engineering organization, the Instrumentation & Controls team designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect our facilities and reactor technologies, developing reliable control architectures for safe and efficient operations. The HTGR power conversion system will
for prose. We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, cookie/navigation/legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. There's no explicit application instructions besides maybe "Applicants must be legally authorized..." which is part of EEO? Actually that's a requirement about work authorization; it's substantive? It's a requirement but maybe considered boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The work authorization statement might be considered EEO/legal? It's about eligibility; but it's a requirement. However it's likely considered legal boilerplate. Safer to remove it? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The work authorization is not exactly EEO but it's a legal requirement. Might be considered boilerplate. I'd remove it to be safe. We need to include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does: Salary: $225,000 USD - $300,000 USD. So we need a Pay section. Benefits: The posting lists "What We Offer" includes competitive base salary, equity, comprehensive medical benefits, unlimited PTO, free daily lunch and dinner, generous PPE stipend, high-impact startup environment, opportunities for rapid career growth, direct collaboration, opportunity to help build... So we can make a Benefits section with those items as list. Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should not include Schedule. Qualifications: There's Basic Qualifications and Preferred Skills and Experience. Could combine into Requirements/Qualifications/Skills sections. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which headings to use. We have content for About the role (maybe a summary), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Qualifications (Basic Qualifications), Skills (Preferred Skills and Experience), Benefits, Pay. Also maybe "About the role" could be the description of the role (The Role section). We'll include About the role as a
summarizing the role description. We must not repeat the job title as heading. The job title is "Director of IC&E for Power Conversion". We'll not use that as heading. We need to preserve all substantive information: So we need to include details from About Valar Atomics, The Team, The Role description, Key Responsibilities (with bullet points), Program & Team Leadership, Phase Continuity, You Will Be Successful..., Basic Qualifications (bullet list), Preferred Skills and Experience (bullet list), What We Offer (benefits), Salary. We need to format as HTML fragment only. We'll structure:
About the role
... combine The Role description plus maybe The Team and About Valar Atomics? Actually About the role heading likely should contain description of the role, not company. But we can include company info in About the role? Might be okay. However we could also have a separate section for About Valar Atomics? Not in allowed headings list. But we could incorporate into About the role as prose. Better: About the role: include the paragraph describing the role (The Role) plus maybe mention team context. Responsibilities: list Key Responsibilities bullet points. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications bullet list. Skills: Preferred Skills and Experience bullet list. Benefits: What We Offer bullet list. Pay: Salary. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's extract content. About Valar Atomics paragraph: "At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level." The Team paragraph: "As part of the Engineering organization, Instrumentations & Controls designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect Valar's facilities and reactor technologies. The team develops reliable control architectures that enable safe and efficient operations." The Role paragraph: "Our HTGR power conversion system will be built around a secondary loop Brayton cycle, high-speed turbomachinery operating on helium, sCO2, and even air at extreme temperatures and pressures, paired with development generator sets and a purpose-built test facility program. The Director of IC&E for Power Conversion owns the full instrumentation, control, and electrical architecture across this system: from early R&D and rig design through test facility construction, commissioning, and ultimately integrated plant operation. This role demands someone who can operate at two levels simultaneously with a hands-on technical authority who understands turbomachinery dynamics, high-speed generator control, and test system instrumentation at a deep level, and a team leader who builds and develops the IC&E organization around the power conversion program. Candidates from oil & gas, aerospace propulsion, industrial turbomachinery, or power generation are strongly preferred. Nuclear background is a plus, not a prerequisite." We can combine these into About the role paragraph. Key Responsibilities bullet list: need to capture each bullet under "Key Responsibilities". The text includes sections: Technical Leadership — Turbomachinery & Power Conversion (with sub-bullets), Test Facility Design, Construction & Commissioning, Program & Team Leadership, Phase Continuity. We'll flatten into bullet points. Let's list: - Own the IC&E design basis for the primary to secondary coolant loop Brayton cycle power conversion unit (PCU), including compressor, turbine, recuperator, and intercooler control systems - Define instrumentation strategy for high-speed rotating machinery — shaft dynamics, vibration monitoring, tip clearance, temperature, pressure, and flow measurement in helium environments - Develop control system architecture for turbomachinery startup, shutdown, load following, trip logic, and speed/load governing - Lead IC&E design for development generator sets — excitation systems, voltage regulation, synchronization, protection relays, and grid interface or islanded operation schemes - Establish electrical power distribution design for the power conversion facility: MV/LV switchgear, variable frequency drives (VFDs), power electronics, and auxiliary systems - Lead IC&E scope for the design and construction of turbomachinery development and test facilities — from instrumentation layout and data acquisition architecture through facility electrical design - Own IC&E commissioning planning and execution - Establish instrumentation calibration programs, measurement uncertainty budgets, and data quality standards for development testing - Build, lead, and mentor the power conversion IC&E engineering team across disciplines, controls, instrumentation, electrical, and data systems - Define team structure, staffing plans, and competency roadmap as the program scales from R&D through construction and commissioning phases - Manage IC&E scope, schedule, and budget within the broader power conversion program - Select and manage IC&E vendors, system integrators, and instrumentation suppliers; define qualification, calibration, and acceptance requirements - Collaborate closely with turbomachinery, mechanical, thermal-hydraulics, systems engineering, and the reactor IC&E team to ensure integrated plant control architecture is coherent across the PCU–reactor interface - Carry IC&E ownership across all power conversion program phases: conceptual design → detailed engineering → test facility procurement and construction → commissioning and integrated testing → reactor plant integration Also "You Will Be Successful in This Role If You ..." could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section but we can include as bullet points under Responsibilities or maybe under a separate "Success Factors" but not in allowed headings. We could incorporate into Responsibilities as bullet points. List: - Enjoy solving first-of-a-kind engineering challenges where there is no existing playbook - Communicate effectively with executives, regulators, customers, and engineering teams, translating complex technical concepts into clear decisions - Thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve, but safety and engineering quality remain uncompromising We'll add those as bullet points under Responsibilities. Basic Qualifications bullet list: - 15+ years of engineering experience in instrumentation, control systems, and/or electrical design for rotating machinery, turbomachinery, or high-performance industrial systems - Demonstrated hands-on experience with turbomachinery control systems — speed governing, surge protection, bearing monitoring, trip logic, or equivalent - Experience leading IC&E scope on test facilities, development rigs, or capital construction projects - Strong foundation in electrical systems design: switchgear, motor drives, protection and controls, and facility power distribution - Experience managing IC&E teams and vendor relationships across multiple project phases Preferred Skills and Experience bullet list: - Experience with high-speed generators, excitation systems, and power conversion electronics - Background in Brayton cycle, gas turbine, or compressor-expander systems - Familiarity with helium or other working fluid systems and associated instrumentation challenges (low viscosity, high thermal conductivity, leak detection) - Experience with high-bandwidth data acquisition systems and dynamic measurement in rotating machinery applications - Nuclear industry experience, commercial, defense, or national laboratory particularly in power conversion or balance-of-plant systems - Knowledge of relevant standards: API 670 (machinery protection), IEEE 1023 (nuclear BOP control), IEC 61511 (functional safety), NFPA 70/79 - PE license (Instrumentation, Control, or Electrical) a plus What We Offer bullet list: - Competitive base salary - Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company - Comprehensive medical benefits - Unlimited PTO - Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite - Generous PPE stipend - High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy - Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement - Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders - The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up Pay: Salary: $225,000 USD - $300,000 USD We'll output as:
About the role
... combined paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ...
Skills
- ...
Benefits
- ...
Pay
$225,000 USD - $300,000 USD
We must not include any extra text. Check for any duplicated lines: ensure we didn't repeat. Now craft the About the role paragraph: combine the three paragraphs into a coherent prose. Let's write: At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy by making clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable for industry, hydrogen, and next‑generation manufacturing. As part of the Engineering organization, the Instrumentation & Controls team designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect our facilities and reactor technologies, developing reliable control architectures for safe and efficient operations. The HTGR power conversion system will