Instrumentation & Control Systems Lead Design Engineer

Overview

Design and analysis of nuclear plant instrumentation and control systems, supporting SMR projects.

Key Responsibilities

• cost management
• design engineering
• regulatory certification
• reliability analysis
• test planning
• instrumentation engineering

Tasks

-Demonstrates accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of assigned tasks. -Provide technical guidance and support project scheduling and resource planning, develop talent through mentorship, and act as the point-of-contact between your engineering team and both internal and external customers. -Perform and support design and related technical scope from Conceptual, Preliminary, and Detailed Design including successful completion of nuclear regulatory design certification or plant licensing as well as procurement packages and hand-off to suppliers for implementation all applicable system, and component requirements; interfaces, function, performance, design assurance process, qualification, standards, regulatory guidance, certification or licensing commitments, technical contract, human factors, safety hazards, reliability, cyber security, etc. -Collaborate with other disciplines to define and achieve functional, performance, reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) targets and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). -Lead and support Instrumentation Application Engineering (IAE) technical work scopes including IAE design scope interfaces with architectural engineering firms. -Collaborate with system supplier implementation teams to develop, perform, and review unit, module, system, and integration test plans, procedures, and reports including factory acceptance test, site acceptance test, construction, pre-operational, and start-up tests. -Support I&C System design and development from conceptual through preliminary and detailed design, fabrication, assembly, production test, validation test as well as site installation, start-up test, and commissioning.

Requirements

• continuous improvement
• dcs plc
• pe license
• bachelor's
• spi tool
• self-starter

What You Bring

-Continuous improvement “mindset” with an ability to identify, influence, and implement better ways to do an activity or process. -Experience in DCS, or PLC application, deployment and support engineering of complex, high reliability, signal acquisition, data processing, inter-networking, separation, safety hazards, reliability, simulation, cyber security requirements. -Minimum 5 years of experience in industrial Instrumentation and control such as nuclear, power, process, marine, oil & gas, military, aerospace, medical, or pharmaceutical. -Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics from an accredited university or college. -Self-starter with positive energy, bias for action, and proven track record of delivering on commitments and goals in a fast-paced environment. -Experience in nuclear analog and digital instrumentation, control, and monitoring with detailed knowledge in safety-related systems, hardware, software, theory of operation, equipment environmental, seismic qualification (EQ) testing and field services or plant start-ups. -Professional Engineer licensed in Canada -Inclusive team player able to work successfully in matrix environment – Executing multiple assignments and priorities. -Effective communication, cross- discipline and functional facilitation, and influencing skills, both verbal and written with focus on requirements, design basis document and technical presentation preparation and delivery. -Able and willing to take ownership and responsibility for work scoping, deliverables planning, prioritizing, scheduling, budgeting, action tracking, monitoring, corrective actions, reporting, etc. -Minimum 3 years of experience with application, requisition, or field engineering in a combination of mid-tier programmable logic controllers (PLC) or top-tier DCS used in combination, instrumentation, data acquisition, control, monitoring, or automation. -Experience using Instrumentation Application Engineering design tools on large plant projects to produce detailed design deliverables (e.g., Hexagon Smart Instrumentation (SPI) or similar tool to produce instrument lists, instrument data sheets, etc.). -GE's BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) -Minimum 1 years of experience in safety critical applications or regulated industry. -Clear thinker, detail oriented, insightful, quantitative, results oriented – Able to learn quickly and make reasoned, sound, and timely decisions. -Experience using industry standards for plant process instrumentation or controls (e.g. ISA, IEC, RegDocs, Reg Guides).

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About Ge Vernova

-Traces roots back to Edison and Alstom, merging power, renewable, digital & financial wings. -Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, crafts large-scale gas turbines, SMRs, wind turbines, hydro and grid tech to fuel economies. -On the nuclear front, advancing small modular reactors (like BWRX‑300) in partnership with utilities and supporting semiconductor projects. -Wind prowess spans onshore, offshore and blade making—with key sites like Dogger Bank offshore and blade plants in Spain. -Electrification arm tackles grid stability: HVDC, transformers, storage, conversion, plus GridOS software powering smarter infrastructure. -Weaves finance and consulting through energy-infrastructure investments, funding solar farms to pipelines via GE Energy Financial Services.

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Security Clearance

-offer contingent on successful background investigation. -drug screen not required for canada-based role.