Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Bethesda, MD - USA
Job Summary
The ocean is the largest undeveloped frontier on earth and the next chapter of abundant energy will be written at sea. Were building the infrastructure to power it.
Ocean Atomics is an American company designing licensing and assembling a standardized nuclear electric power plant and the surrounding support systems for maritime applications. We will install these plants on any vessel built to our nuclear-ready standards and will provide end-to-end sustainment in our planned nuclear lifecycle dockyard. We will help develop the licensed operators to unlock this new capability for your energy intensive application at sea. To move fast and to lead the creation of this new market we are leveraging the compact proven systems enabled by water-cooled reactors.
Scale nuclear energy. Power generations.
A maritime commons thriving with abundant economical modern and safe nuclear-powered activity built serviced and staffed by re-industrialized American shipyards and people.
Role Summary
Designs and analyzes the instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for the reactor and ship plant sensors control logic protection systems and operator interfaces. Uses the engineering simulator to develop test and validate control strategies and system response.
What youll do
Design and analyze I&C systems considering control logic reactor protection and human-machine interfaces.
Develop and validate control strategies and system response using the engineering simulator tuning logic and verifying behavior across normal and transient conditions.
Define I&C requirements set points and instrument specifications and establish interfaces with plant systems.
Support failure modes reliability and safety analyses for control and protection functions.
Document I&C designs simulator validation results and as-built configurations and support design reviews and integration testing.
What you bring
Bachelors degree in electrical computer nuclear or systems engineering required (advanced degree preferred).
Experience designing or analyzing instrumentation and control systems preferably for nuclear or other safety-critical plants.
Familiarity with control system modeling and engineering simulators for design validation.
Working knowledge of reactor protection systems sensors and control architectures.
Strong grounding in control theory and signal processing.
Dont meet every bullet Wed still like to hear from you. If youre excited by the mission and most of this resonates apply.
Export control notice
This role involves access to information subject to U.S. export control laws including unclassified nuclear technology governed by the U.S. Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. Depending on a candidates status access may require DOE authorization which Ocean Atomics may apply for. Any offer is contingent on your ability to work in compliance with these requirements. We evaluate all applicants regardless of citizenship or national origin except where required by law.
Every industry on Earth needs scalable clean energy and the ocean is the ideal place to unlock it. Joining Ocean Atomics means building real lasting infrastructure the kind that powers generations. The world needs abundant energy. Lets make it happen.
We are committed to a workplace free of discrimination and do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations; if you need an accommodation during the application process contact
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