EPICS Control Systems Engineer

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.

The Information Technology Discipline within Terra Power, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Control Systems Engineer FULL TIME. 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 LabVIEW and PLC/PLA based control systems for lab experiments with EPICS integration along with HMI design.

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

• Develop consistent HMI templates in Phoebus for use across multi-disciplinary experiments
• Develop control code in LabVIEW for Compact RIO (cRIO) devices
• Integrate new and existing LabVIEW based control systems into EPICS
• Develop PLC/PLA control code in Structured Text
• Work directly with test engineers to integrate sensors and control hardware with EPICS
• Help develop a unified control system strategy spanning multiple experiments and facilities
• Support Test Engineering in acquisition of experimental data
• Support the Responsible Test Engineer during shakedown and testing of control systems in an R&D environment
• 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

• B.S. degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Physics or equivalent and 3+ years of relevant experience; advanced degree a plus.
• Experience working with and programming control systems in LabVIEW
• Experience working with engineers to develop consistent HMI’s
• Experience integrating control systems with EPICS
• Experience with PLCs/PLAs such as Siemens, Beckhoff, NI and their integration with EPICS a plus.
• Experience with data acquisition and controls for complex engineering systems with many I/O signals from varied sensors and instruments
• 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…