Senior Motion Control Systems Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Onsite in Alameda, CA; Albuquerque, NM; or Oak Ridge, TN. Some travel may be required, up to 10%.

Salary: $140,611–$165,425 per year for employees working onsite at the Alameda, CA headquarters.

Company

hirify.global develops fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology to support the transition to clean energy.

What you will do

• Own and lead the design of motion-control, electrical-control, motor-drive, and mechanical-handling systems for an advanced nuclear power plant.
• Specify and integrate motors, drives, instrumentation, safety devices, control panels, PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, industrial networks, and plant-control interfaces.
• Define operating modes, sequencing, alarms, interlocks, permissives, trips, fault responses, safe states, and operator interfaces.
• Develop and maintain requirements, specifications, schematics, calculations, interface documents, test procedures, verification records, and configuration-controlled software documentation.
• Support supplier evaluations, design reviews, inspections, FAT, SAT, load testing, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, corrective actions, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring while coordinating interfaces across process, mechanical, electrical, nuclear, operations, cybersecurity, quality, and commissioning disciplines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 4 years of progressively responsible experience in control-systems engineering, industrial automation, instrumentation and controls, or a related field, including IEC 61131-3 control-logic development or equivalent standards.
• Experience serving as a responsible engineer, system owner, technical lead, or lead designer for complex electrical, controls, or mechanical-handling equipment.
• Experience with cranes, hoists, manipulators, lifts, conveyors, positioning systems, remotely operated equipment, robotics, or similar motion-control applications.
• Experience with system requirements, design documentation, supplier coordination, technical reviews, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and design-change implementation.
• Knowledge of motion-control architectures, including AC and servo motors, VFDs, drives, gearboxes, brakes, encoders, resolvers, sensors, load cells, and related instrumentation.
• Experience programming PLCs and motion controllers using ladder logic, structured text, function blocks, sequential-function charts, or equivalent methods.
• Experience with industrial-control platforms, DCS, HMI, SCADA, remote I/O, control panels, historians, supervisory controls, and industrial communications.
• Familiarity with industrial protocols, machine safety, low-voltage electrical design, configuration management, requirements traceability, software quality, verification, and lifecycle documentation.
• Ability to manage complex technical assignments independently, resolve multidisciplinary interfaces, evaluate risks and tradeoffs, communicate technical information clearly, and maintain a strong commitment to safety, quality, and engineering rigor.

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer license or eligibility for licensure.
• Experience in nuclear power, advanced reactors, radiological facilities, power generation, utilities, heavy industry, manufacturing, process plants, or EPC.
• Additional certifications such as NETA or CMCP.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents.
• Paid vacation, 401(k), pre-tax health insurance, dependent-care, and commuter benefits through FSA programs.
• Work is performed in office, noisy, manufacturing, and industrial environments; required PPE includes protective footwear and other protective equipment as applicable.
• Occasional schedule flexibility and rare extended hours may be required for launches and critical project timelines.
• Employment is subject to equal-opportunity, E-Verify, and Department of Energy Part 810 export-control requirements for facility access.

Hiring process

• Applicants must be candidates rather than recruiters or agencies.
• Applicants must answer questions determining whether a Department of Energy export-control license may be required to access Part 810-controlled information.