Job Description Summary

The I&C hardware Engineer works within the I&C Engineering team and is responsible for designing and implementing I&C electronic hardware and software for I&C systems for Nuclear Power Plants. The I&C hardware team has strong interfaces with electronic software design and plant system operations. This role requires technical problem solving, strong hardware design skills and effective communication/collaboration with other teams within the GEH business functions.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities  

The Hardware and Test Engineer is responsible for the delivery of high-quality engineering electronic hardware designs and testing strategies.  Work scope typically includes the following essential responsibilities:

• Develop creative solutions and reduce complexity to create accurate and effective solutions for complex engineering problems.  
• Typical hardware activities will include creating a design from requirements and helping define requirements where necessary.
• Design activities include schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, PLD/FPGA design, performing simulation/module testing, PLD/FPGA code reviews, and integration testing of the design.  This also includes design verification of these same activities.
• Documenting designs by creating Design Specifications, performing PLD/FPGA code reviews, and writing test reports.
• Engage customers to define scope, review results, and discuss technical risks.
• Work with the technical leader to establish an effective work plan, including time estimates, schedule estimates, requirements, and work processes.
• Apply engineering fundamentals and 1st order engineering principles to establish and/or confirm expected performance.
• Provide clear and complete analysis documentation in accordance with GE engineering procedures.
• Manage time effectively to provide quality deliverables within the expected project timeline.  Communicate effectively to leadership the status of work activities.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Develop system verification and validation test requirements to ensure products meet system specification and performed this in a leadership role.
• Develop testware, test plans & procedures to implement requirements. 
• Perform Testing to support component failure analysis including report generation.
• Interface with designers and validate their outputs.
• Generate and verify test documentation.
• Prepare manual and automated production test procedures for components, assemblies and instruments.
• Drive compliance with GEH and industry-based systems lifecycle processes, participate in design and technical reviews and promote continuous improvements.
• Support documentation, analysis and resolution of conditions adverse to quality for Services IC control systems through the GEH Corrective Action Program

 Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical, computer or software engineering from an accredited college or university or an Associate's Degree in electrical, computer or software engineering with at least 5 years of experience in the field.
• Minimum 5 years of additional experience, including creating and maintaining electronic circuit boards and/or FPGA design.

Eligibility Requirement:

• The preferred work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC; but highly qualified (US based) remote candidates will be considered within 200 miles of Wilmington.
• This role will require once a month travel to Wilmington, NC for onsite testing.

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience with PCB design, signal analysis and system verification tools (Altium, PSpice, SystemVerilog, UVM, etc.)
• Knowledge and experience with common HDL languages and PLD/FPGA development tools (Quartus, Vivado, ModelSim, Questa, etc.).
• General knowledge and experience of schematic design, PCB layout, and PCB manufacturing.
• Experienced in product, instrument, system design, verification, validation and qualification
• Solves technical challenges through application of common design patterns and identifying appropriate patterns for use in problem solving
• Experience in design verification and validation
• Leadership experience inside and/or outside the classroom
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and ability to articulate clearly
• Contributes to creative solutions and challenges status quo
• Proactively learns