Instrumentation and Control Engineer

About the role

The Instrumentation and Controls Engineer is responsible for developing, analyzing, and integrating measurement and control systems to support reactor operation. This position may reside within powerhouse engineering supporting power generation or within the isotopes organization supporting isotope reactors. Locations to be supported would be in Idaho Falls, Idaho, or Lockhart, Tx outside of Austin. The position can be remote, but will require occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Design instrumentation and control systems that integrate sensors, instrumentation, actuators, and other control components
• Lead the technical execution of assigned systems as a responsible engineer that coordinates requirements, design, testing, and commissioning
• Develop control strategies and algorithms for industrial equipment
• Support our engineering team in integrating and coupling engineering analyses
• Provide technical feedback to quick-iterating design teams
• Document work using modern tools and techniques, and write well-written, thoughtful technical reports

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience specifying, designing, and integrating instrumentation that spans temperature, pressure, radiation, neutron instrumentation, and other process measurement technologies
• Bachelors in Chemical, Mechanical, Nuclear engineering or related field
• Experience with measurement techniques, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and logic diagrams
• Experience developing system and component level requirements
• Experience designing control strategies and automating industrial equipment and processes
• Experience managing, communicating with, and providing oversight to EPC contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers
• Experience with analog and digital circuits
• Experience with digital networks and communication protocols

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with thermal energy conversion systems and components
• Experience with electricity transmission and power electronics
• Experience with Python
• Knowledge of NRC and DOE requirements
• Knowledge of ASME NQA-1 standards
• Emerson DeltaV

Competencies

• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

Pay

Pay Range is: $90-190,000