Lead Engineer - Simulation Assisted Engineering

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide onsite technical leadership for the full-scope simulator environment including hardware, software, networking, and system integration activities.
• Troubleshoot simulator hardware and connectivity issues involving servers, workstations, network switches, I/O interfaces, instruction stations, HMI displays, control system emulation, and simulator cabinets.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot OPC servers and related communication interfaces used to exchange data between plant models, control systems, HMI systems, and simulator support tools.
• Support simulator network architecture including IP configuration, routing, latency issues, dropped communication, workstations connectivity and interface stability.
• Support installation, configuration, and maintenance of simulator virtual machines, engineering workstations, test environments, and supporting infrastructure.
• Verify simulator performance against applicable design requirements, plant system behavior, controlled software releases, version tracking, and discrepancy reporting processes.
• Support Simulator Factory Acceptance Testing, regression testing, model updates, control system updates, and hardware refresh activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Nuclear, Systems, Software, Computer Science or Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or equivalent 4-year technical degree.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting nuclear simulation, plant process modeling, I&C systems, control systems, simulator hardware/software integration, or related plant engineering systems.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with full-scope nuclear plant simulators, real-time simulation platforms, instructor stations, HMI systems, and control room simulation environments.
• Strong troubleshooting mindset with the ability to isolate issues across model logic, control logic, network communication, hardware configuration, and software interfaces.
• Ability to translate plant system behavior into simulator requirements, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to work onsite with simulator hardware, engineering workstations, test equipment, vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Master of Science in Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Nuclear, Systems, Software, Computer Science or Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics.
• Knowledge of:
• ANSI/ANS-3.5-2009 Nuclear Power Plant simulators for use in operator training and examination
• REG GUIDE 1.149 Nuclear Power Plant Simulation Facilities for use in operator training, License examination and applicant experience requirements.