Digital Engineer

STP Nuclear Operating Company (STP) is one of the largest nuclear power plants nationwide, and is an industry leader in safety, reliability and efficiency. STP’s twin pressurized water reactors produce 2,700 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve more than one million homes in Austin, Corpus Creek, Houston, San Antonio and surrounding areas in south central Texas. The plant is located about 90 miles southwest of Houston on a 12,200 acre site near Bay City in Matagorda County.

The Digital Engineer in the System Engineering Department supports station activities related to the operation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and recovery of digital plant systems and digital subsections of other plant systems. The Digital Engineer may develop engineering changes for configuration, software, graphics, and other changes, as well as engineering evaluations that support Operations & Maintenance. These activities address emergent technical plant issues, improve plant equipment, and support plant performance and reliability.

The Digital Engineer also supports backup and restoration activities, monitors digital system health, supports recovery actions, and acts as the technical conscience for maintaining the design basis of assigned digital equipment. The position requires the employee to learn the plant site, procedures, programs, digital platforms, and organization, and obtain engineering qualifications as required in the allotted timeframe.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology (Required).
• Minimum 6 months of digital engineering, engineering, maintenance or operations experience (Required).
• 2 years of nuclear power related experience preferred.

• Provides technical support for Operations and Maintenance personnel regarding digital plant systems, digital subsections of other plant systems, digital control systems, plant computer systems, communications interfaces, software/firmware configurations, graphics, and associated plant equipment.
• Supports and helps guide the digital transformation and modernization of plant equipment by providing technical input, system knowledge, and engineering support for the implementation, integration, and lifecycle management of digital technologies.
• Reviews performance and health of digital plant systems and recommends changes regarding operation, maintenance, testing, configuration management, recovery, lifecycle management, or modernization strategy.
• Leads the interface with other departments, vendors, and regulatory agencies by leading meetings and discussions to provide specific information and analysis to questions/problems involving digital plant systems.
• Prepares and reviews engineering documentation (calculations, specifications, analysis, drawings, logic/configuration documentation, software change documentation, graphics change documentation, evaluations, etc.).
• Provides independent engineering support to Maintenance that requires field investigation, inspections, troubleshooting, recovery, and solutions to problems involving digital systems and associated plant interfaces.
• Supports investigations and reports for root‑cause analysis and generates recommendations for corrective actions.
• Reviews and evaluates industry documentation, vendor information, cyber/operating experience, and event reports for relevant application to STP and identifies appropriate corrective actions.
• Develops and supports engineering changes, evaluations, and corrective actions for configuration changes, software changes, graphics changes, restoration, replacement, upgrade, and long‑term support of obsolete or aging digital equipment.
• Maintains technical oversight of software, firmware, configuration files, backups, backup/restore methods, version control, vendor information, and restoration documentation necessary to maintain and recover digital systems.
• Supports monitoring, backup, restoration, recovery, and lifecycle management of digital plant systems while maintaining the plant design and licensing basis.

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