Lead Nuclear Physical Security Design Engineer

ENERCON; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

ENERCON's Nuclear Services Group seeks a Nuclear Physical Security Design Manager to lead engineering efforts and deliver innovative solutions in physical security for nuclear facilities. You will drive collaboration with internal teams and clients, guiding design, installation, and testing of security systems to meet NRC/NEI standards and project requirements.

The role requires 6+ years in design engineering with 2+ years in leadership, PE certification, and up to ~30% travel to client sites

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or I&C Engineering is preferred.
• PE is required for this position.
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant design engineering and/or technician experience is required for this role plus 2 years of leadership experience.
• Experience with AIM, NSMART, or AVERT security platforms is highly preferred.
• Must have experience in the design, installation, and testing of physical security systems for commercial nuclear power plants to include CAS/SAS design, IDS, VMS, BRE, VBS, and radio subsystems.
• Nuclear plant design experience and/or field experience working for a nuclear QA Program preferred.
• Must be proficient with MS Word, Excel, Visio, Access and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of NRC/NEI Physical Security related principles, standards, and regulations.
• An ability to perform walkdowns across multiple areas at a nuclear power plant and to provide feedback to the engineers on deviations from plant equipment when compared with plant drawings (i.e. as-built walkdowns).
• Demonstrated leadership ability to manage multiple tasks and projects and ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to present to clients.
• Ability to travel to client sites for meetings and walkdowns, approximately 30% of the time.
• Senior level should be familiar with the Standard Design Process and Digital Engineering Guide.

Responsibilities

• Imagine a day when you're at the forefront of collaboration, working with engineering teams and clients to deliver cutting‑edge solutions in Physical Security.
• You lead technical discussions, resolve challenges, and ensure designs meet all requirements.
• Your guidance keeps projects on track while you research improvements, propose innovations, and provide key updates to senior management-making a real impact and strengthening vital relationships every step of the way.
• Relationship Building & Client Interaction: Work interactively with internal engineering and external clients to develop strong relationships, particularly in Physical Security. Ability to interface with site physical security management and engineering stakeholders
• Engineering Support & Technical Leadership: Provide direct engineering support to project engineering staff to ensure design products satisfy customer expectations, contract requirements, and regulatory requirements. Provide technical leadership and support to engineering staff. Guide and review deliverables, review progress, and update senior management, as needed
• Issue Resolution & Quality Assurance: Facilitate resolution of inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary technical and quality issues. Research and assess best practices, proposing methods and improvements
• Project Planning & Execution: Plan and direct the timely execution of assigned engineering activities. Work with the Project Engineer (PE), engineering supervision, and project management to provide timely updates of progress, challenges, and implementation

Skills

Leadership

Verbal & written communication

Client interaction

Walkdowns (nuclear plant)

Regulatory knowledge (NRC/NEI)

Project planning & execution

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or I&C Engineering

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Visio

Access

PowerPoint

Job description

ENERCON's Nuclear Services Group seeks a Nuclear Physical Security Design Manager to lead engineering efforts and deliver innovative solutions in physical security for nuclear facilities. You will drive collaboration with internal teams and clients, guiding design, installation, and testing of security systems to meet NRC/NEI standards and project requirements.

The role requires 6+ years in design engineering with 2+ years in leadership, PE certification, and up to ~30% travel to client sites