Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - Hardware
Core
Specify, design, install, commission, and maintain instrumentation and control hardware for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities, ensuring measurement quality and installation integrity.
Role type
Staff Instrumentation & Controls Hardware Engineer
Builds
Nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities and their control systems
Domain
Nuclear energy / Industrial process control
Required skills
Field instrumentation specification and sizing, Control valve sizing and selection, Control panel and I/O architecture design, Hazardous area classification, Safety instrumented system (SIS) hardware design, PID loop tuning, Instrument calibration management, Field wiring and network infrastructure design, Vendor technical evaluation, Junior engineer mentorship
Preferred skills
ISA CAP or CCST certification, Professional Engineer (PE) license, Instrument asset management systems experience, Analytical instrumentation experience, Radiation monitoring instrumentation experience
Technologies
4-20 mA/HART, Foundation Fieldbus, PROFIBUS PA, Modbus RTU, IEC 61511, IEC 61508, NIST standards
Responsibilities
Select and specify field instruments and final control elements; Design control panels and remote I/O architecture; Perform hazardous area classification and intrinsic safety calculations; Own instrumentation engineering documentation and drawing standards; Lead SIS hardware scope including SIL verification; Tune control loops and commission field instrumentation; Establish and execute instrument calibration programs; Oversee field wiring and OT network installation; Coordinate with process, mechanical, and software engineers; Provide technical direction to contractors and mentor junior engineers.
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & mentorship