Electrical Cognizant System Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant electrical, instrumentation, controls, or nuclear plant engineering experience.
- Experience supporting electrical or I&C systems in operating industrial facilities.
- Ability to read and develop electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control logic, loop diagrams, cable schedules, and technical specifications.
- Strong understanding of industrial instrumentation and electrical troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with PLCs, relays, sensors, signal conditioning, industrial controls, and electrical distribution.
- Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
- Ability to independently drive technical issues through resolution.
- Based in the United States
- Willing to work on-site in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Nice to have
- 10+ years of relevant electrical or nuclear-facility engineering experience.
- Previous experience as a Cognizant System Engineer, System Engineer, Responsible System Engineer, or comparable technical owner.
- DOE nuclear-facility or commercial nuclear experience.
- Experience with reactor protection, nuclear instrumentation, safety-system I&C, or other high-reliability protection systems.
- Familiarity with DOE-STD-1073, USQ processes, nuclear configuration management, and design control.
- Experience with PLC/DCS platforms, industrial networks, SCADA, and HMI systems.
- Familiarity with applicable IEEE, ISA, NFPA 70/NEC, NFPA 79, cybersecurity, or nuclear I&C standards.
- Experience using multimeters, oscilloscopes, data loggers, calibrators, HiPot equipment, and similar electrical test equipment.
- Professional Engineer license.
- Experience with Teamcenter or comparable configuration-management tools.
Full description
About the role
Aalo Atomics is seeking an Electrical Cognizant System Engineer (CSE) to provide lifecycle technical ownership of assigned electrical and instrumentation/control systems at the Critical Assembly Facility (CAF) on the Aalo-X site.
Initial assignments are expected to include the Reactor Protection System (RPS), including associated neutron monitoring instrumentation; Instrumentation and Control System (ICS) hardware; ICS software/configuration; and other assigned electrical and I&C systems.
You will be responsible for understanding how these systems are designed, how they interface with the facility and reactor, how they are configured, how they perform, and how changes are implemented, tested, and documented.
You will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Nuclear Safety, QA, vendors, project engineers, and the Design Authority to maintain reliable and configuration-controlled electrical and I&C systems.
What you'll do
Cognizant System Engineering
- Maintain detailed knowledge of assigned system functions, design requirements, safety functions where applicable, performance criteria, interfaces, and current configuration.
- Serve as the principal engineering point of contact for assigned electrical and I&C systems.
- Maintain applicable SDDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, logic diagrams, cable schedules, calculations, setpoint documentation, specifications, vendor information, and other controlled documents.
- Maintain technical understanding of interfaces among reactor protection, neutron instrumentation, control systems, power supplies, actuators, and facility electrical systems, including controlled hardware, firmware, and software configuration as applicable.
System Health & Performance Monitoring
- Review surveillance testing, calibration data, functional testing, operating data, maintenance history, alarms, and field observations.
- Trend performance to identify degradation, drift, or recurring failure mechanisms.
- Evaluate instrument drift, relay/contact performance, detector response, power-supply issues, communications issues, and other system conditions.
- Perform or support electrical/I&C system walkdowns.
- Evaluate deviations against design and performance requirements, and initiate corrective actions when system performance degrades.
Troubleshooting & Maintenance Support
- Provide technical support for instrumentation, reactor protection, controls, wiring, power supply, and electrical equipment issues.
- Support troubleshooting using appropriate electrical diagnostic and test equipment.
- Provide engineering input to calibration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities.