Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Engineer

Description

SHINE Technologies is seeking an I&C Engineer who will assist with the design, development, procurement, construction, installation, and testing of systems used to control and monitor processes for our new medical isotope production facility. The I&C Engineer works as part of a collaborative team that oversees the design of the control systems and selects instruments and equipment for the SHINE facility.

The base salary range for this position is $83,000-$135,000 per year plus a comprehensive compensation package. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

Duties And Responsibilities

Specific duties and responsibilities of the Instrumentation and Controls Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Lead interfaces between stakeholders and the I&C team.
• Provide input on the schedule tasks for length and effort required to create design products.
• Drive decisions on vendor requests, changes, and updates to equipment and programming.
• Become the responsible engineer for a subset of the I&C equipment, guiding it through the design, procurement and construction process while ensuring it meets design requirements.
• Oversee the development of digital and analog control systems, including distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), and data acquisition systems (DAQ), by performing reviews of vendor deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with other engineering disciplines to select instruments to measure process variables in the process systems in the SHINE facility.
• Provide an interface with the Auxiliary Systems Group to coordinate the power distribution to I&C equipment.
• Prepare instrument specifications, calculations, and test plans to support the design, new construction, testing, commissioning, in-field troubleshooting and operation of the future SHINE medical isotope production facility.
• Design and implement instrument cable routing, conduit and raceway design, installation drawings, and loop diagrams.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5-20 years of experience in relevant I&C engineering roles. Position level based upon years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge in I&C systems, hardware, software, theory of operation, equipment environmental, seismic qualification (EQ) testing and plant start-ups
• Finalization of specifications and design documents for vendor implementation on the plant control system and safety related systems
• Experience in nuclear analog and digital instrumentation, control, and monitoring.
• Knowledge of nuclear safety related systems desired but not required (NQA-1).
• Understanding of appropriate cable shielding, type, radiation tolerance, and separation by safety train.
• Ability to think strategically and take decisive action once the necessary information has been gathered.
• Ability to critically evaluate information and the boldness to ask questions when things don’t make sense.
  
  

Ability to lead design in one or more of the following areas would make a candidate stand out:

• Development of requirements for plant control system programming using Allen Bradley hardware
• PLC and SCADA HMI development and creation of PLC I/O design documents
• Cable routing and management
• HMI programming
• Design of FPGA platform for safety related actuations with vendor
  
  

Eligibility for employment is conditioned on the applicant’s ability to qualify for access to information subject to U.S. Export Controls. Additionally, applicant’s eligibility may be conditioned based upon meeting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements for access to Safeguards Information, which typically requires a pre-employment drug screen, fingerprinting and criminal background check.

SHINE values diversity in all its forms as a critical component of innovation, which is fundamental to our success. Every member of the SHINE community benefits from the talents and experiences of our peers, from the mutual respect we exercise, and from the responsibility we take for our actions.

SHINE Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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