Senior Electrical Designer – Nuclear Plant, Equity & PTO

Valar Atomics Inc.; New Mexico; On-site; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity ownership

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Free daily meals onsite

PPE stipend

Autonomy & ownership

Job summary

Valar Atomics is seeking a Senior Electrical Designer to develop comprehensive electrical and instrumentation design deliverables across the Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution scopes. You will own drawings end-to-end—from development through checking, issue, and as-built incorporation—while guiding junior designers.

Join a safety-first team focused on nuclear quality, CAD standards, and field coordination, including field walkdowns, RFI responses, and turnover

Qualifications

• Associate degree or technical diploma in electrical design or engineering tech with practical experience.
• 5+ years of electrical or I&C design experience in power generation or industrial facilities.
• Proficiency with EPLAN and AVEVA Electrical; willingness to work with both tools.
• Hands-on experience producing one-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, and raceway layouts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical design deliverables across Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution.
• Design power distribution layouts including switchgear, MCCs, panels, transformers, and lighting circuits.
• Produce cable and raceway designs including schedules, sizing, and voltage drop checks.
• Create control panel and enclosure drawings with wiring diagrams and BOMs per UL 508A.
• Develop grounding, bonding, and lightning protection layouts.
• Prepare hazardous area classification drawings per NEC/IEC guidelines.
• Coordinate with I&C hardware engineers for instrumentation installation deliverables.

Skills

Electrical design

I&C design

Field walkdowns

P&ID reading

Nuclear safety

Education

Associate degree in electrical design

Bachelor's degree in engineering (plus)

Tools

EPLAN

AVEVA Electrical

AutoCAD

AutoCAD Electrical

SmartPlantElectrical

Bentley platforms

AVEVA E3D

AutoCAD Plant 3D

SmartPlant3D

Revit

Job description

Valar Atomics is seeking a Senior Electrical Designer to develop comprehensive electrical and instrumentation design deliverables across the Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution scopes. You will own drawings end-to-end—from development through checking, issue, and as-built incorporation—while guiding junior designers.

Join a safety-first team focused on nuclear quality, CAD standards, and field coordination, including field walkdowns, RFI responses, and turnover