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Control & Instrumentation (C&I) - Design Engineer

Derby, England, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and specification of SCADA systems, automation platforms, and primary plant control/monitoring interfaces for nuclear and safety-critical energy projects.

Role type

Control & Instrumentation Design Engineer

Builds

Production control system designs, technical specifications, and engineering packages for software/hardware vendors

Domain

Nuclear energy, safety-critical industrial automation

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Control & Instrumentation systems design, functional specification, system-level design, control theory, systems engineering methodologies, requirements management, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

Preferred skills

Large infrastructure project experience, high safety requirement environments

Technologies

IBM DOORS, Polarion, Capella, IEC 61508, IEC 61513, IEC 61226

Responsibilities

Decompose safety and functional requirements, produce detailed design documentation (block diagrams, logical architectures, I/O schedules), define system operating modes and fail-safe behaviors, review vendor submissions, participate in hazard assessments and design verification, support integration and validation activities

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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