Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Torrance, California, United States; onsite. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Salary: $144,000–$176,000 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops scalable high-temperature nuclear power, fuel fabrication, and advanced energy technology for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing.

What you will do

• Design, develop, commission, maintain, and troubleshoot control systems for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities across PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, historian, and enterprise integration layers.
• Develop PLC/DCS programs, SCADA applications, HMI displays, ISA-88 batch sequences, alarm systems, and safety instrumented functions.
• Configure historians, process data dashboards, reports, and ISA-95 interfaces with MES, ERP, LIMS, and third-party systems.
• Commission instrumentation, tune PID and advanced regulatory control loops, perform loop checks and functional testing, and verify instrument calibration.
• Own instrument engineering scope, including field-device sizing and specification, instrument indexes, hook-up drawings, hazardous-area classification, and project documentation.
• Lead FAT, SAT, commissioning, fault diagnosis, root-cause analysis, contractor oversight, deliverable reviews, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Computer, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of I&C or controls engineering experience in process industries, including ownership of complex control-system projects from design through commissioning.
• Hands-on PLC programming experience with at least one major Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, or equivalent platform using IEC 61131-3 languages.
• Experience developing or maintaining SCADA applications on Ignition, FactoryTalk, AVEVA, WinCC, or an equivalent platform.
• Experience developing ISA-88 batch control sequences and familiarity with ISA-95 enterprise-control integration concepts.
• Experience commissioning instrumentation and tuning regulatory control loops.
• Working knowledge of OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, or Modbus communication protocols.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical drawings, and instrument data sheets.
• Experience specifying and sizing transmitters, control valves, and flow elements, and leading hazardous-area classification and instrument-index development for capital projects.

Nice to have

• Ignition Certified Designer, Rockwell Automation Certified Programmer, Siemens TIA Portal certification, ISA Certified Automation Professional, or equivalent credentials.
• Additional ISA-88 batch-control experience, including recipe management and material tracking.
• Experience with SIS/SIL verification and IEC 61511 lifecycle documentation.
• Experience with OSIsoft PI / AVEVA PI, PI AF asset framework configuration, and PI Web API.
• Experience with LIMS integration, including LabWare, Uncountable, LabVantage, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, NQA-1, IEC 62443, and secure industrial-control network architecture.
• Experience with SQL, Python scripting, REST API development or consumption, data processing, report generation, or control-system testing automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, safety-first environment with emphasis on technical depth and disciplined documentation.
• High-impact startup setting with significant ownership, autonomy, and opportunities for rapid growth and internal advancement.
• Competitive base salary, equity ownership, comprehensive medical benefits, and unlimited PTO.
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite, plus a generous PPE stipend.
• Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders while building advanced energy technology.