Controls Systems Engineer - EPICS

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.

Control Systems Engineer

The Information Technology Discipline within Terra Power, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Control Systems Engineer. In this role you will work with Lab Test Engineers and IT to provide expertise and support to all Natrium testing activities. Responsibilities will include design of control systems for lab experiments using EPICS, device integration with EPICS, administration of EPICS control system and OT network.

The strongest candidates will also have experience in laboratory experimentation, designing control systems and networks for a variety of first-of-a-kind experiments, and safe operation of specialized equipment under hazardous conditions.

Responsibilities

• Commissioning/monitoring/troubleshooting EPICS services in a R&D environment
• Build and modify EPICS IOCs to Interface existing and new lab equipment into an EPICS environment
• Support Test Engineering in management of experimental data
• Support the Responsible Test Engineer during shakedown and testing of control systems in an R&D environment
• Work with IT networking to build and operate an OT controls network
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities
• Demonstrate exemplary safety practices and foster a culture of safety in a testing environment
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trustworthiness and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork

Key Qualifications and Skills

• B.S. degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Physics or equivalent and 3+ years of relevant experience; advanced degree a plus.
• Experience installing and configuring EPICS services
• Experience building EPICS IOCs (CA/PVA)

• Experience with PLCs such as Siemens, Beckhoff, NI and their integration with EPICS a plus.
• Strong proficiency in Linux based environments, 5+ years
• Proficiency in programming languages for IOCs such as Python, C/C++

• Experience with data acquisition and controls for complex engineering systems with many I/O signals from varied sensors and instruments
• Experience with data management of lab data in an EPICS environment
• Experience operating on an OT control systems network with active experiments
• Ability to participate in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists and technicians with demonstrated results
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills, creative thinker
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week
• Ability to handle projects that include multiple objectives and ability to resolve conflicts between objectives.
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work independently to solve challenging problems and provide recommendations in a timely manner

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