Computer Control Specialist Engineer

Skillhub Solutions Inc.; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Mississauga, ON seeks a Computer Control Specialist Engineer to design, verify, and support digital I&C systems in CANDU plants. You will develop architectures for DCS/PLC/SCADA, ensure safety and cybersecurity, and work across interfaces with reactor, turbine, and safety systems.

The role emphasizes safety-critical design, compliance with CNSC standards, and a hybrid work culture in Mississauga. A P.Eng. licence or eligibility is favored.

Qualifications

• Required knowledge of safety analysis, common-cause failure, and software hazard analysis.
• Experience with cybersecurity assessments of control systems and networks.
• Understanding of nuclear standards and CNSC REGDOCs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop computer control system architectures and specify digital control, plant process computer, HMI, and monitoring systems.
• Define requirements; prepare architecture diagrams and design documentation.
• Evaluate safety-related systems and perform hazard analyses and reliability assessments.
• Apply nuclear safety principles including defense in depth and fail-safe design.
• Design interfaces across reactor, shutdown, turbine, and emergency systems.
• Assess network segmentation, data flows, protocols, and cybersecurity boundaries.
• Support digital modernization, testing, and integration issues resolution.
• Review software lifecycle activities and configuration management.
• Investigate root causes and recommend corrective actions.

Skills

Safety analysis

Cybersecurity assessments

Software hazard analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, or software engineering

P.Eng. licence or eligibility

Tools

DCS

PLC

SCADA

RTOS

Industrial networks

Job description

Mississauga, ON Full-time Salary not specified

Overview

The Computer Control Specialist Engineer designs, integrates, verifies, and supports digital instrumentation and control systems used in CANDU nuclear generating stations. The work covers control computers, distributed control systems, plant computer systems, safety-critical systems, networks, cybersecurity, and I&C architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop computer control system architectures and specify digital control, plant process computer, human-machine interface, monitoring, and plant information systems.
• Define system, functional, and interface requirements; prepare architecture diagrams and design documentation.
• Evaluate safety-related computer systems and develop or review safety and software requirements, hazard analyses, FMEA, and reliability assessments.
• Apply nuclear safety principles, including independence, defense in depth, diversity, redundancy, and fail-safe design.
• Design communications interfaces across reactor, shutdown, turbine, process control, and emergency support systems.
• Assess network segmentation, data flows, communication protocols, and cybersecurity boundaries.
• Support digital modernization, system integration, factory and site acceptance testing, and resolution of hardware and software integration issues.
• Review software lifecycle activities, verification, validation, code reviews, configuration management, and software change control.
• Investigate root causes and recommend corrective actions and plant improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, or software engineering.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licence or eligibility for registration.
• Experience in safety analysis, common-cause failure and diversity assessments, software hazard analysis, reliability analysis, and cybersecurity assessments.
• Experience with digital control, DCS, PLC, safety PLC, SCADA, networked control, virtualized control, and real-time operating systems.
• Knowledge of CANDU control systems, relevant CSA and international nuclear standards, CNSC REGDOCs, industrial networks, and cybersecure architecture.

Work arrangement

The role is based in Mississauga, Ontario. AtkinsRéalis describes a hybrid working culture.