Maritime Controls & Cybersecurity Lead

Ocean Atomics; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Atomics is building the digital nervous system for marine nuclear plant integration, leading DCS, automation, and secure communications across vessels. You will craft the distributed control architecture from concept through class and flag-state approvals, working with marine engineering, naval architecture, and our nuclear integration team.

The ideal candidate treats cybersecurity and automation risk as measurable and bounded, maintains clear interface boundaries, and collaborates to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years leading system-level controls, automation, or industrial network design for marine/offshore assets.
• Expertise in Modbus, Profibus, EtherNet/IP; PLC/DCS programming; maritime cybersecurity (IEC 62443, ABS).
• Knowledge of classification society rules and flag state regulatory processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering, configuration, and tuning of distributed control systems (DCS), machinery automation loops, and instrumentation arrays across the vessel.
• Architect and secure the network backbones, telemetry links, and data transmission pathways from concept through deployment.
• Define cyber-secure interface standards and protocols for safe reactor telemetry integration.
• Design monitoring bridges and data links connecting marine control stations with reactor safety systems.
• Develop modular, reproducible control topologies to reduce wiring and integration complexity.
• Generate control logic diagrams and cybersecurity risk assessments for ABS/LR/USCG reviews.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Industrial networking

PLC/DCS programming

Maritime cybersecurity

Classification society rules

Education

Bachelors or higher in Electrical/Computer/Systems Engineering

Job description

Ocean Atomics is building the digital nervous system for marine nuclear plant integration, leading DCS, automation, and secure communications across vessels. You will craft the distributed control architecture from concept through class and flag-state approvals, working with marine engineering, naval architecture, and our nuclear integration team.

The ideal candidate treats cybersecurity and automation risk as measurable and bounded, maintains clear interface boundaries, and collaborates to