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Principal Instrumentation & Control Engineer

Torrance💼 Full-time💰 $196,000–$196,000🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design, specification, integration, and commissioning of process instrumentation for advanced high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR) development and thermal test facilities.

Role type

Principal Instrumentation & Control Engineer

Builds

Reliable control architectures for high-temperature, high-pressure helium systems, electric heater systems, turbomachinery, and cooling systems.

Domain

Nuclear energy / Advanced reactor technologies

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Industrial process instrumentation selection, calibration, and commissioning; Thermal-fluid systems design; P&ID and loop diagram development; Reactor protection system design; FAT/SAT and startup procedures; Mentorship of junior engineers

Preferred skills

High-temperature gas and helium systems experience; Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/GuardLogix; First-of-a-kind facility commissioning; Functional safety and industrial automation best practices

Technologies

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/GuardLogix

Responsibilities

Lead specification and integration of pressure, temperature, flow, level, position, vibration, and gas analysis instrumentation; Develop instrument datasheets, P&IDs, loop diagrams, and commissioning procedures; Support reactor protection and process control system design; Lead instrument calibration, loop checks, FAT, SAT, startup, and commissioning activities; Establish instrumentation standards and mentor junior engineers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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