Senior I&C Hardware Engineer – Nuclear Fuel (Equity)

Valar Atomics Inc.; Town of Orangeville (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity ownership

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Free daily lunch

Job summary

Valar Atomics is seeking an I&C Hardware Engineer to specify, design, install, commission, and maintain the instrumentation and control hardware for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities.

The role covers field instrument selection, control panel and I/O architecture design, hazardous area classification, safety instrumented system hardware, field wiring, calibration, loop commissioning, and tuning of control loops.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of instrumentation or I&C engineering experience in process industries.
• Hands-on experience specifying and sizing field instruments and control valves, and producing instrument data sheets.
• Experience developing instrumentation deliverables including loop diagrams, hook-up drawings, I/O lists, and cable schedules.
• Working knowledge of hazardous area classification (NEC/IEC) and intrinsic safety principles.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, electrical schematics, loop diagrams, and instrument data sheets.

Responsibilities

• Select, size, and specify field instrumentation including flow, pressure, differential pressure, temperature, level, and analytical devices; produce instrument data sheets, specifications, and requisitions.
• Size and specify final control elements including control valves, actuators, positioners, regulators, on-off valves, and flow elements; perform valve sizing, noise and cavitation checks, and actuator thrust verification.
• Design control panels and remote I/O architecture including enclosure layout and rating, I/O module and channel allocation, terminal and marshalling arrangement, power distribution, UPS sizing, isolators, and intrinsic safety barriers.
• Perform hazardous area classification and select equipment for classified areas in accordance with NEC Article 500/505 or IEC 60079; prepare intrinsic safety loop calculations and verify entity parameters.
• Develop and maintain instrumentation engineering documentation including the instrument index, loop diagrams, hook-up drawings, I/O lists, instrument location plans, cable schedules, and P&ID instrumentation mark-ups.
• Support safety instrumented system hardware scope including SIL determination input, safety sensor and final element selection, redundancy and voting architecture, proof test interval and procedure development, and SIL verification calculations in accordance with IEC 61511 and IEC 61508.
• T tune PID and advanced regulatory control loops; commission field instrumentation; diagnose and resolve loop deviations, valve response problems, and measurement quality issues.

Skills

Instrumentation

I&C engineering

Field instruments

PID tuning

Hazardous area classification

IEC 61511

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

SmartPlant Instrumentation

AVEVA

HART/Fieldbus protocols

Job description

Valar Atomics is seeking an I&C Hardware Engineer to specify, design, install, commission, and maintain the instrumentation and control hardware for nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities.

The role covers field instrument selection, control panel and I/O architecture design, hazardous area classification, safety instrumented system hardware, field wiring, calibration, loop commissioning, and tuning of control loops.