Senior OT Engineer — Nuclear Power & Control Systems

Valar Atomics Inc.; Price (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Unlimited PTO

Onsite daily lunch and dinner

PPE stipend

Autonomy and ownership

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Valar Atomics is a young startup redefining energy through fast-deployable nuclear power. The Engineer role sits in OT/Engineering, delivering controlled implementations of specified objectives, with ownership from planning to verified delivery and frequent collaboration across disciplines.

You will plan, test, and diagnose systems, drive interface improvements, and coordinate with other engineers to ensure reliable, safe operations at our Orangeville, UT site.

Qualifications

• Independently deliver an implementation or rigorous hands-on test work package from a defined objective to verified completion.
• Plan methods, interfaces, dependencies, resources, testing, and turnover within established standards.
• Diagnose causes using measurements or recorded evidence; verify that corrective actions resolve the problem.
• Maintain controlled configurations and usable records; coordinate interfaces and elevate decisions beyond authority.
• Meet all requirements above and demonstrate at least one specialty below.

Responsibilities

• Turn defined objectives into practical implementation or test plans covering prerequisites, equipment or configuration needs, dependencies, tests, and recovery steps.
• Independently implement and operate systems, or prepare, execute, and diagnose system tests within the assigned scope.
• Diagnose difficult faults using measurements, logs, test results, and system behavior; verify that corrective action resolves the problem.
• Plan and execute commissioning, failure, and recovery tests with clear acceptance criteria.
• Resolve integration issues with other engineers and identify when requirements or designs need revision.
• Complete delivery with accurate configurations, executable procedures, test evidence, and usable handoff records.
• Travel to our Torrance facility approximately 15% of the time.

Skills

Operator-facing HMI

SCADA networking

Data platforms

Networking

Role ownership

Troubleshooting

System integration

Tools

FactoryTalk

Job description

Valar Atomics is a young startup redefining energy through fast-deployable nuclear power. The Engineer role sits in OT/Engineering, delivering controlled implementations of specified objectives, with ownership from planning to verified delivery and frequent collaboration across disciplines.

You will plan, test, and diagnose systems, drive interface improvements, and coordinate with other engineers to ensure reliable, safe operations at our Orangeville, UT site.