Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - Hardware

The role

This person will specify, design, install, commission, and maintain instrumentation and control hardware for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities. They will manage field instrumentation, control panels, I/O architecture, and safety instrumented system hardware.

What you will do

• Select, size, and specify field instrumentation and final control elements.
• Design control panels and remote I/O architecture.
• Perform hazardous area classification and select equipment for classified areas.
• Own instrumentation engineering documentation for capital projects.
• Own safety instrumented system hardware scope including SIL determination and verification.
• Tune PID and advanced regulatory control loops.
• Establish and execute the instrument calibration program.
• Specify and oversee installation of field wiring and physical OT network infrastructure.
• Prepare and execute hardware FAT, SAT, and commissioning plans.
• Diagnose and resolve field faults and perform root cause analysis.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of instrumentation or I&C engineering experience in process industries.
• Demonstrated ownership of instrumentation scope on capital projects from specification through commissioning.
• Demonstrated experience specifying and sizing field instruments and control valves.
• Experience leading instrument index and data sheet development for capital projects.
• Experience developing instrumentation deliverables including loop diagrams, hook-up drawings, I/O lists, and cable schedules.
• Demonstrated experience leading hazardous area classification and intrinsic safety loop verification.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, loop diagrams, and instrument data sheets.
• Experience with instrument calibration, loop checking, and field commissioning.
• Experience commissioning instrumentation and tuning regulatory control loops.
• Working knowledge of control panel design, I/O architecture, and field wiring practice.
• Working knowledge of field signal types and device protocols including 4-20 mA/HART, Foundation Fieldbus, PROFIBUS PA, and Modbus RTU.

Nice to have

• ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) or Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST), or equivalent credentials.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility.
• Experience with SIL verification calculations and IEC 61511 lifecycle documentation.
• Experience with control valve and flow element sizing software (Emerson, Fisher, Flowserve, Samson, or equivalent).
• Experience with instrument asset management systems (Emerson AMS, Siemens PDM, Honeywell FDM, or equivalent) and HART or Foundation Fieldbus device configuration.
• Experience with analytical instrumentation such as gas analyzers, mass spectrometry, moisture analyzers, pH, and conductivity measurement.
• Experience with radiation monitoring instrumentation, criticality monitoring, or nuclear-qualified instrumentation.
• Experience selecting instrumentation for corrosive, high-purity, high-temperature, or molten salt service.
• Experience with instrument installation in cleanroom, glovebox, or contamination-controlled environments.
• Familiarity with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, or nuclear quality requirements (NQA-1, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch
• Generous PPE stipend

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

About the company

Valar Atomics aims to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. Their first pilot plant will be in Orangeville, Utah.