Lead Engineer - I&C Rod Control Systems

Job Description Summary

Mid-level role in Plant Instrumentation & Control Systems Design team. Primary focus is boiling water reactor rod control system and controls product development engineer. Responsible for supporting original equipment manufacturer (OEM) rod control systems in operating fleet, and design of rod control systems for new reactors. Scope includes:
1) requirements definition;
2) design specifications;
3) development, test, and qualification plans, and
4) field deployment of rod control and rod control blocking systems and other controls systems and applications.

• Develop and maintain an understanding of rod control systems used in existing and new boiling water reactors (BWRs).
• Review and implement system based on requirements specifications developed based on customer requirements, technical regulations and industry standards.
• Prepare and maintain system design artifacts such as logic diagrams, input/output (I/O) lists, equipment and cabinet layout diagrams or drawings, system elementary drawings, hardware wiring/connection diagrams, bills of material, various plans and reports, etc.
• Perform and document technology assessment reports and/or trade studies supporting selection of hardware and software technologies for incorporation into rod control systems.
• Support creating feasibility studies describing rod control system conceptual architectures and functional descriptions.
• Support system design reviews.
• Prepare high-level software design documents describing software program architecture, inputs, transfer functions, algorithms, and outputs.
• Perform hands on development, configuration and integration of prototype hardware and software for programmable logic controllers, industrial PC’s, and human-machine interfaces, and Distributed Control Sy.
• Develop prototype system software using object-oriented programming (C/C++), PLC ladder logic, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) tools to support system proof of concept testing.
• Configure signal conditioning electronics, motor controllers, motors, and network components.
• Prepare proof-of-concept test procedures using system requirements and functional description.
• Perform and document results of system proof-of-concept testing.
• Develop and configure test equipment and simulators for software development and testing.
• Maintain environmental, health and safety qualifications needed to perform laboratory work.
• Support on-site system installation, acceptance, commissioning, and start-up testing.
• Prepare system operation and maintenance or testing documentation.
• Support the team with technical support to aid customers in troubleshooting rod control system failures.
• Support identification, assessment, resolution, and corrective/preventive actions needed to address nonconformances and conditions adverse to quality.
• Execute work defined by work plans, process documents, work deliverables templates
• Ensure compliance with GEH procedures/processes, nuclear regulations, applicable industry standards, and customer requirements.
• Support simplification, process improvement, and cost-out initiatives.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or Technology, Mechatronics, or equivalent 4-year technical degree
• 5 years' experience with productivity software [i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio]
• 3 years’ experience with “from scratch” system and software design, configuration, analysis, testing, and modeling related to:
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS) OR
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) OR
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• 2 years' experience designing human machine interface screens or graphical user interfaces
• 2 years' experience working with motor positioning/servo systems using closed loop control
• 2 years' experience developing software supporting serial and Ethernet data communications
• 2 years' with configuration and operation of networking components
• 3 years' experience working under a structured systems and software development lifecycle process including use of industry standards, design practices, and guides for software…