Principal IoT Engineer

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing startup in the nuclear and energy space creating a never before seen fleet‑scale approach to building nuclear reactors. Through its design‑once, build‑many approach and coalition building across communities, regulators, and financial stakeholders, The Nuclear Company is committed to delivering safe and reliable electricity at the lowest cost, while catalyzing the nuclear industry toward rapid development in America and globally.

Principal IoT Engineer

The Principal IoT Engineer is a senior technical leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems that serve as the "nervous system" for nuclear construction and operations. This position requires deep expertise in sensor networks, edge computing, wireless connectivity, and real‑time data integration to enable predictive maintenance, digital twin development, and intelligent construction management for Nuclear OS.

You’ll work at the intersection of IoT technology and nuclear infrastructure, transforming how facilities are built, monitored, and operated through connected devices and real‑time data analytics.

• Design and architect comprehensive IIoT sensor networks for nuclear construction sites and operational facilities, including environmental sensors, structural health monitors, and equipment telematics
• Develop IoT infrastructure that feeds live field information from construction sites, equipment, and environmental conditions into digital twin models
• Create scalable sensor networks supporting radiation monitoring, temperature, humidity, vibration, strain gauges, and construction machinery telematics
• Design network architectures for both wired (Modbus) and wireless (Wi‑Fi, LoRaWAN, cellular) sensor deployments
• Establish standards for sensor registration, configuration, and automatic onboarding processes
• Determine optimal sensor locations and ensure compatibility with existing OT and IT systems
• Select and evaluate appropriate sensor technologies for nuclear environments (radiation‑hardened, intrinsically safe, explosion‑proof)
• Deploy wireless sensor networks for rapid installation in areas where cabling is impractical or cost‑prohibitive
• Implement environmental monitoring systems for temperature, radiation, and humidity across construction sites and operational facilities
• Design structural health monitoring solutions using strain gauges, vibration sensors, and accelerometers on critical equipment
• Enable real‑time equipment performance monitoring with IoT sensors that detect anomalies such as abnormal vibration or temperature
• Implement construction machinery telematics to track equipment utilization, location, and performance
• Ensure sensor networks are scalable, repositionable, and can be augmented with additional sensors as needed

• Design edge computing architectures that process safety‑critical data locally with minimal latency
• Implement edge analytics for rapid response without relying on continuous cloud connectivity
• Develop IoT gateways that aggregate sensor data and perform local processing before transmission
• Create real‑time alerting systems that notify supervisors of anomalies detected by IoT sensors
• Enable predictive maintenance through edge‑based analytics on equipment performance data
• Optimize data transmission by filtering and preprocessing at the edge to reduce bandwidth requirements
• Integrate IoT data streams with Nuclear OS platform through connectors and middleware
• Enable time‑series data ingestion at scale for storage and analysis in data platforms (Palantir Foundry)
• Support digital twin development by providing real‑time sensor data to update virtual models of construction sites
• Design data storage and analytics systems that support predictive maintenance and business intelligence goals
• Implement data visualization interfaces enabling engineers and analysts to access real‑time sensor data
• Ensure data integration with common communication protocols and data formats for seamless connectivity

• Design Wi‑Fi networks for IoT sensor connectivity…