Digital Systems Instrumentation and Control Engineering Inten

Title: Digital Systems Instrumentation and Control Engineering Intern

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States

Job Type: Full-time

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is 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, Terra Power 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. Terra Power's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. 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.

Terra Power 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. Terra Power 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, Terra Power has instituted an affirmative action plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Position Overview

Terra Power, LLC. is hiring a Digital Systems Instrumentation and Control Engineering Intern. This position reports directly to the Manager, Non‑Safety I&C - EIC. As an intern Digital Instrumentation Engineer for Sodium Fast Reactor technologies Natrium Team, you will interface with scientists and engineers internally and externally to navigate input/output, internal and external interface data sets for digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, hardware, software and firmware used in Generation IV advanced nuclear reactor technologies.

• Developing and managing spreadsheets.
• Gathering, querying and cleaning data from various sources.
• Analyzing datasets to uncover trends, patterns, and holes.
• Providing actionable insights to guide decision‑making.
• Using statistical techniques to analyze data and forecast trends.
• Identifying and implementing data integrity checks.

• High degree of trust and integrity, open communication, respect, and teamwork desire.
• Experience with industrial data sets, diagnostics, audit, inspection, review, verification and validation of I&C data points, reporting and communicating data misalignment findings.
• Strong background in database development and management used in mission‑critical industrial applications.
• Previous experience with nuclear reactor safety systems or nuclear instrumentation systems desired.
• Familiarity with design control and development in accordance with nuclear power plant quality assurance (e.g., 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ASME NQA‑1).
• Excellent technical writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence.
• Self‑starter and ability to coordinate with a team with minimal direction.
• Ability to work on multiple simultaneous tasks requiring a multidisciplinary approach.

• Motor Abilities:
  Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control.
• Physical exertion:
  Minimal, able to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work:
  Prolonged.
• Special senses:
  Visual and audio focused work.
• Work conditions:
  Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting environment >8 hrs/day.
• Travel required:
  
  0‑5%.
• Export control compliance:
  Applicants must identify citizenship status as required by U.S. government regulations.

Hourly rate range*

• Undergraduate: $22.65 – $29.65
• Graduate: $40.43 – $43.89
• Ph.D.: $43.89 – $51.71

Job Type: Intern

• Competitive compensation
• Hourly pay rate
• Weekly stipend for out‑of‑area interns
• Weekly commuter stipend for local‑area interns
• Paid Time Off (PTO); interns accrue 1 hour of PTO per 30 hours worked
• Holiday schedule aligned with Terra Power holidays
• Relocation assistance for out‑of‑area interns
• Intern pay rate commensurate with degree path and academic year completed at start of internship.

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