Control Systems Architect – IFE
Core
Define and maintain the plant control system architecture for an Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) power plant, carrying it from concept through detailed design.
Role type
Senior Control Systems Architect
Builds
Control system architecture, interface definitions, and design baselines for fusion power plant systems
Domain
Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) / Nuclear Power
Required skills
System-level control architecture design, PLC/DCS/Safety Instrumented Systems, SCADA/HMI, industrial networks, plant historians, I/O and signal definitions, control sequences, interlocks, trade studies, technical analysis, design review management
Preferred skills
Nuclear facility experience, functional safety lifecycle (IEC 61508/61511), SIL allocation, precision timing and triggering, high-speed data acquisition, OT cybersecurity (IEC 62443), Beckhoff TwinCAT, Siemens, Rockwell, EPICS, Python, LabVIEW
Technologies
PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, Python, LabVIEW, TwinCAT, EPICS
Responsibilities
Define plant control system architecture layers (safety, real-time, supervisory), develop control requirements and interface definitions, contribute hands-on controls/instrumentation design for major systems, evaluate and select control platforms/protocols, support director with trade studies and design reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
