Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, Nuclear Power

Alva Energy; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alva Energy is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer, Instrumentation & Control (I&C) to lead design, integration, and deployment of I&C systems for power uprate programs. You will collaborate across hardware, software, and field teams to deliver reliable control architectures and data acquisition solutions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on hardware development, PLC/DCS programming, and experience in regulated environments such as nuclear or industrial automation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in instrumentation and controls engineering.
• Minimum 3 years in power generation, nuclear, industrial process, or regulated facilities.
• Experience with instrumentation hardware design and system integration.
• Experience with PLC and/or DCS programming platforms.
• Experience developing software requirements, specs, and controlled technical docs.
• Ability to travel to project sites and vendor facilities as required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop instrumentation and control system architectures from concept through deployment.
• Specify sensors, transmitters, data acquisition, controller hardware, and field instrumentation.
• Develop hardware requirements, interface specs, and technical documentation.
• Support integration of I&C systems into operating plant environments.
• Configure and modify control system software and HMI applications.
• Develop and configure PLC/DCS control logic on Ovation, Allen-Bradley, Siemens or equivalent.
• Implement control strategies, alarms, interlocks, monitoring systems, and protection functions.
• Support validation, commissioning activities and field deployment.

Skills

Instrumentation & Controls

PLC programming

DCS programming

Python

C/C++

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Controls/Nuclear/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Ovation

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Emerson Ovation

Job description

Alva Energy is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer, Instrumentation & Control (I&C) to lead design, integration, and deployment of I&C systems for power uprate programs. You will collaborate across hardware, software, and field teams to deliver reliable control architectures and data acquisition solutions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on hardware development, PLC/DCS programming, and experience in regulated environments such as nuclear or industrial automation.