I&C System Design Lead

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:    Natrium I&C System Design Lead 

LOCATION:   Bellevue, WA, USA 

TerraPower® is a nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At our core, we are working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health.

In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment.  TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. TerraPower is committed to bringing sustainable, affordable and safe energy to address global issues. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

I&C System Design Lead

TerraPower, LLC. is seeking a highly motivated I&C System Design Lead. This position reports directly to the I&C Safety System Design Manager. In this role, you will act as Lead I&C Engineer for Sodium Fast Reactor technologies, including responsibility for the instrument and control system design, prototype development and testing, plant level system integration, and commissioning.  Your role will include interfacing with a team of scientists and engineers internal and external to TerraPower. You will also identify, specify, and integrate custom instrumentation with advanced control systems for Generation IV advanced nuclear reactor technologies. The role will support the I&C System Design Lead with overseeing cross functional design amongst Safety Related and Non-Safety Special Treatment I&C systems. 

The I&C System Design Lead will support the I&C Safety System Design Manager with coordination scope, schedule, and technical integration for safety systems. They will also support cross functional collaboration with procurement, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA.

The Instrumentation and Control team is responsible for Natrium plant I&C design and oversight of key I&C development. I&C System Design Lead will work with the plant design oversight teams to support communication, identify and work through roadblocks, and align design details, and project execution strategies.

The I&C System Design Lead will work as part of a high performing team of engineers.

Responsibilities

•  Responsible for interfacing and supporting geographically diverse and international design team members to develop supporting design documentation. The design team members include in-house and subcontracted resources and may include partner/customer resources as well.

•  Lead design of I&C systems and sub-system functional requirements through final design.

•  Provide direction to team members and assist the I&C Safety System Design Manager with oversight of team members and suppliers.

•  Develop and review system- and component-level specifications and scopes of work.

•  Perform engineering and design evaluations in the application of nuclear codes and standards, licensing requirements, and NRC regulations.

•  Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers in applicable nuclear and non-nuclear related design standards.

•  Specify and describe suitability of instrumentation measurement tech