Senior Engineer Instrument & Control

Job Overview

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our mission is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high‑hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.

Our vision is to be the user site of choice for large‑scale, high‑hazard, national security experimentation with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air.

MSTS offers its full‑time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; a pension and a 401(k); paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from the work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.

MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

• Plan, specify, schedule, design, implement, and commission Facility and Infrastructure design changes at NNSS.
• Evaluate existing conditions and devise upgrade designs for highly regulated nuclear facilities, including instrumentation and control responsibilities.
• Prepare designs for communication systems such as standard phones, Voice‑over‑IP phones, data network distribution, outside plant design, inside plant cabling, public address, and security system interfaces.
• Coordinate network designs with MSTS Information Technology (IT) to ensure compatibility.
• Support validation and verification of software using IEEE‑1012 Verification and Validation of Software Requirements.
• Implement system designs to meet DOE‑STD‑1195 Design of Safety Significant Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Design network diagrams, plan layouts, control schematics, subcontractor specifications, and provide technical oversight of subcontracted designs.
• Serve as Technical Lead for major projects and startups, initiating collaboration with partners external to MSTS and leading cross‑disciplinary collaboration.
• Advisory role to management and other personnel on technical issues, participating in business development and proposal planning.
• Apply knowledge and ingenuity to implement cutting‑edge solutions in technical areas.

• Support validation and verification of software specified for customer systems.
• Implement system designs that meet DOE‑STD‑1195 for safety‑instrumented systems.
• Design network diagrams, plan layouts, control schematics, and oversee subcontracted designs.
• Lead collaboration with partners and other disciplines to achieve mission execution.
• Advising management and other personnel on difficult and critical technical issues.
• Participate in business development by defining customer needs, developing proposals, and planning projects.
• Implement pioneering solutions in technical areas, often in unexplored fields of investigation and research.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering accredited by ABET.
• Or Calculus‑based STEM bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Or Professional Engineer license.
• At least five years of relevant experience, with deeper technical or cross‑disciplinary experience.
• Design skills for cable and conduit installation, field engineering, control system installation during sustained facility operation, testing and commissioning, and evaluation against configuration‑managed design drawings.
• Knowledge of requirements traceability, control system component specification and selection (sub‑contractor interface, motor controllers, VFDs, SCADA/DCS, PLCs, RTUs, Web Relays, IoT devices). Familiarity with Ignition software is a plus.
• Ability to interpret codes and standards within the discipline.
• Prior Department of Energy complex work experience preferred but not required.
• Past project engineering experience preferred.
• Proven ability to work as a team member and leader to ensure success.
• Project management experience preferred.
• PMP…