Electrical Cognizant System Engineer

Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we're rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors.

Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

Aalo Atomics is seeking an Electrical Cognizant System Engineer (CSE) to provide lifecycle technical ownership of assigned electrical and instrumentation/control systems at the Critical Assembly Facility (CAF) on the Aalo-X site.

Initial assignments are expected to include the Reactor Protection System (RPS), including associated neutron monitoring instrumentation;
Instrumentation and Control System (ICS) hardware; IC and software/configuration; and other assigned electrical and I&C systems.

You will be responsible for understanding how these systems are designed, how they interface with the facility and reactor, how they are configured, how they perform, and how changes are implemented, tested, and documented.

You will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Nuclear Safety, QA, vendors, project engineers, and the Design Authority to maintain reliable and configuration-controlled electrical and I&C systems.

• Maintain detailed knowledge of assigned system functions, design requirements, safety functions where applicable, performance criteria, interfaces, and current configuration.
• Serve as the principal engineering point of contact for assigned electrical and I&C systems.
• Maintain applicable SDDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, logic diagrams, cable schedules, calculations, setpoint documentation, specifications, vendor information, and other controlled documents.
• Maintain technical understanding of interfaces among reactor protection, neutron instrumentation, control systems, power supplies, actuators, and facility electrical systems, including controlled hardware, firmware, and software configuration as applicable.

• Review surveillance testing, calibration data, functional testing, operating data, maintenance history, alarms, and field observations.
• Trend performance to identify degradation, drift, or recurring failure mechanisms.
• Evaluate instrument drift, relay/contact performance, detector response, power-supply issues, communications issues, and other system conditions.
• Perform or support electrical/I&C system walkdowns.
• Evaluate deviations against design and performance requirements, and initiate corrective actions when system performance degrades.

• Provide technical support for instrumentation, reactor protection, controls, wiring, power supply, and electrical equipment issues.
• Support troubleshooting using appropriate electrical diagnostic and test equipment.
• Provide engineering input to calibration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities.
• Establish or review acceptance criteria for post-maintenance and post-modification testing.
• Support root-cause and apparent-cause evaluations of electrical/I&C failures.

• Review physical, electrical, software/firmware, setpoint, logic, and documentation changes affecting assigned systems.
• Evaluate change impacts on system requirements, protection functions, interfaces, cybersecurity, equipment qualification, testing, and maintainability.
• Maintain consistency among installed equipment/software, controlled documentation, and approved requirements.
• Support USQ and safety-basis…