Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

The role

You will design, develop, commission, and maintain control systems for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities. This role involves managing the full controls stack including PLC/DCS programming, SCADA development, and field commissioning.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain PLC and DCS programs
• Develop and configure SCADA applications
• Design HMI displays at local and supervisory levels
• Develop batch control sequences in accordance with ISA-88
• Configure and manage alarm systems to ISA-18.2
• Configure and commission safety instrumented functions
• Configure plant historian systems and support ISA-95 integration
• Tune PID and advanced regulatory control loops
• Own instrument engineering scope including sizing and specification of field devices
• Implement and configure industrial communication protocols

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic, Computer, or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
• Minimum 5+ years of I&C or controls engineering experience in process industries
• Hands-on PLC programming experience with at least one major platform using IEC 61131-3 languages
• Experience developing or maintaining SCADA applications on at least one major platform
• Experience developing batch control sequences in accordance with ISA-88
• Familiarity with ISA-95 enterprise-control integration concepts
• Experience commissioning instrumentation and tuning regulatory control loops
• Working knowledge of OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, or Modbus communication protocols
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical drawings, and instrument data sheets
• Demonstrated experience specifying and sizing field instruments and leading hazardous area classification and instrument index development

Nice to have

• Ignition Certified Designer, Rockwell Automation Certified Programmer, Siemens TIA Portal certification, or equivalent platform certification
• ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) or equivalent credentials
• Experience with ISA-88 batch control implementation including recipe management and material tracking
• Experience with SIS/SIL verification and IEC 61511 lifecycle documentation
• Experience with OSIsoft PI / AVEVA PI including PI AF asset framework configuration and PI Web API
• Experience with LIMS integration (LabWare, Uncountable, LabVantage, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, or nuclear quality (NQA-1) requirements for control system validation
• Experience with SQL (queries, stored procedures) and Python scripting
• Exposure to IEC 62443 OT cybersecurity standards and secure network architecture
• Experience with REST API development or consumption

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• 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

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. The company is a team of builders, engineers, and operators focused on fast-to-deploy, factory-made nuclear energy.