Talent Bridge: Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Job Description

Talent Bridge: Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Location: Research Engineering Campus

Schedule: 9X80’s with every other Friday off

Program Duration: 12 months, with a potential 1-year extension.

Join INL’s Nuclear Nexus and harness cutting‑edge engineering to drive America’s energy future, advancing next‑generation systems that power industries, innovate national security, and ensure America’s technological leadership. Your expertise in instrumentation, controls, and analytics will directly shape the performance and reliability of critical infrastructure, reinforcing INL’s legacy as the nation’s frontline for breakthrough nuclear and energy solutions. From pioneering distributed control systems to optimizing robust industrial machinery, your work will secure and sustain America’s vital energy and manufacturing capabilities.

Collaborate with top scientists and engineers to develop high‑impact solutions that meet the demands of a dynamic energy landscape. Step into a role where your technical innovations fuel progress, defend national interests, and redefine the boundaries of what’s possible in energy and engineering.

• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers on challenging work scopes.
• Work with internal and external partners to identify requirements and commercially available technologies that meet specific specifications.
• Collaborate and partner with other government agencies, academia, and private sector companies to achieve project goals. Decompose project goals into defined and controlled design requirements.
• Use design methodologies, technologies, and processes which are best practices for the technical discipline to develop and define a design, and to validate that the design meets defined requirements.
• Develop physics‑based mathematical models of mechanical, chemical, and electrical systems to support and verify design.
• Establish testing, inspection, and quality requirements to ensure technical features important to design functions are maintained.
• Oversee or otherwise ensure that fabrication, construction, assembly, and procurement are done in accordance with the design.
• Ensure that analysis needs are recorded and clearly understood. Document the design (controlled and approved models, drawings, specifications, design descriptions) to establish conformance with design requirements and applicable codes and standards.
• Ensure that data and analysis generated by the instruments are of high quality and meet customer and user needs.
• Participate in professional development activities aimed at keeping pace with industry developments. Maintain familiarity with and technical understanding of codes and standards applicable to the discipline.
• Maintain knowledge of newly emerging technologies and applications to the nuclear industry.
• Identify applicable codes, standards, regulations, and procedures.
• Publish and communicate research accomplished on the instrument and instrument improvements to both external and internal audiences with the goal of enhancing INL’s reputation and building a strong user base for the instrument.
• Mentor junior staff and look for opportunities to involve them in current projects.
• Generate ideas for new proposals and business development opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering or a directly related field from an ABET‑accredited institution.
• If the position is within the National and Homeland Security Directorate, must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE “L” or “Q” clearance. May be required to obtain and maintain an additional security clearance level of Human Reliability Program (HRP) certification.

• Advanced degree in a directly related field from an ABET‑accredited institution.
• Demonstrated ability to perform independent research and methods development.

• Current Resume or CV
• Proof of Graduation (diploma or unofficial transcripts accepted)

• Mentored environment providing post‑degree work experience.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Acce…