Instrumentation & Controls Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States; travel up to 10%. Remote employees may be required to travel to Santa Clara, California twice per quarter, and the first two weeks of onboarding must be completed in person at headquarters.

Salary: $90,000–$150,000 annually, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global develops fast fission power plants, nuclear fuel recycling technologies, and critical radioisotope supply chains to deliver clean and reliable energy.

What you will do

• Design control-system architectures, functional requirements, I/O strategies, network concepts, and interfaces for advanced nuclear test platforms.
• Select and specify instrumentation for temperature, pressure, flow, level, position, force, strain, vibration, and other process measurements.
• Develop and verify control logic, operator graphics, alarms, interlocks, sequences, and data-acquisition functions using DCS, PLC, and related platforms.
• Prepare engineering documentation including I/O lists, instrument indexes, data sheets, loop diagrams, control narratives, network drawings, and as-built records.
• Integrate instruments, control panels, remote I/O, analyzers, control valves, electrical interfaces, industrial networks, and data systems with process equipment.
• Execute commissioning, factory and site acceptance testing, loop checks, functional tests, startup activities, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, nuclear, or a related technical engineering field.
• Experience designing, specifying, procuring, commissioning, or troubleshooting process and mechanical equipment.
• Experience preparing or reviewing P&IDs, process-flow diagrams, equipment data sheets, engineering calculations, technical specifications, and vendor drawings.
• Working knowledge of pumps, valves, piping, heat exchangers, tanks, pressure equipment, heaters, or similar process components.
• Ability to perform fluid-flow, pressure-drop, heat-transfer, and equipment-sizing calculations.
• Ability to lift, move, and position equipment weighing up to 30 pounds. Applicants must meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable U.S. export control laws to be eligible for access-controlled information.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Emerson DeltaV, including architecture, controllers, I/O, configuration, graphics, alarms, control modules, sequences, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with thermal-hydraulic, mechanical, chemical, high-temperature, high-pressure, or liquid-metal test systems.
• Experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical, chemical processing, power generation, or another highly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with functional safety, safety instrumented systems, alarm management, control-system cybersecurity, or ASME NQA-1.
• Professional Engineer licensure, Engineer-in-Training certification, or controls and automation certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment emphasizing ownership, creativity, efficiency, and solving open-ended technical problems.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration with test, process, mechanical, electrical, software, quality, operations, suppliers, and technicians.
• Flexible time off, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and work-life balance.
• Equity, bonuses, competitive compensation, 401(k), health insurance with employer contribution, HSA, and FSA.
• Employment may require successful completion of drug screening and may include testing under company policy and applicable laws.