Senior Automation and Controls Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Orangeville, Utah, United States. Onsite role; applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Company

hirify.global develops scalable high-temperature nuclear power and fuel manufacturing technology for industrial, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing applications.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, test, and commission PLC and DCS application software using Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, or equivalent platforms and IEC 61131-3 programming languages.
• Develop SCADA and HMI applications, tag databases, communication drivers, scripting, templates, redundancy architectures, and operator-focused displays following ISA-101 and HPHMI principles.
• Develop ISA-88 batch control software, including phase logic, equipment modules, unit procedures, recipe management, equipment arbitration, material tracking, execution monitoring, and reporting.
• Configure alarm management, SIS safety logic, plant historians, operational dashboards, reports, and ISA-95 interfaces with MES, ERP, and LIMS systems.
• Configure industrial communications and software integrations using OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP/RTU, DeviceNet, REST APIs, SQL, and Python.
• Define OT network and cybersecurity controls, manage software configuration and recovery practices, execute FAT/SAT and commissioning tests, troubleshoot control software, maintain engineering documentation, and provide technical direction to contractors and consultants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Computer, or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 3–7 years of controls software, PLC programming, or SCADA development experience in process industries.
• Hands-on PLC programming experience with at least one major Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, or equivalent platform using IEC 61131-3 languages.
• Hands-on experience developing or maintaining SCADA applications on Ignition, FactoryTalk, AVEVA, WinCC, or an equivalent platform.
• Experience designing HMI displays according to ISA-101 or HPHMI principles, developing ISA-88 batch control sequences, configuring alarm management systems with working knowledge of ISA-18.2, and configuring plant historians with operational dashboards.
• Familiarity with ISA-95 enterprise-control integration concepts and working knowledge of OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, or Modbus protocols.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, loop diagrams, and I/O lists to develop, test, and commission control logic.
• Working knowledge of version control and change control for control system applications.
• Working knowledge of safety logic programming and functional testing under IEC 61511.

Nice to have

• Ignition Designer, Rockwell Automation Programmer, Siemens TIA Portal, ISA Certified Automation Professional, or equivalent certification.
• Additional ISA-88 experience with recipe management and material genealogy tracking, and IEC 61511 safety logic development under formal software validation and functional testing.
• Experience with OSIsoft PI/AVEVA PI, PI AF, PI Web API, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Python, REST APIs, Git, LIMS integration, virtualized or containerized SCADA and historian infrastructure, and server/client redundancy.
• Familiarity with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, NQA-1, IEC 62443, and secure industrial control system network architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact startup environment with significant ownership, autonomy, and direct collaboration with operators, engineers, and industry leaders.
• Competitive base salary, equity ownership, comprehensive medical benefits, and unlimited PTO.
• Free daily lunch and a generous PPE stipend.
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement while building advanced energy technology.