Senior Test Engineer – Nuclear I&C & DCS Upgrades (Remote)

Sargent Lundy; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Test Engineering Consultant 2 to lead the testing lifecycle for nuclear digital I&C upgrades. The role is remote with travel to client sites and facilities, coordinating with project teams to ensure safe, compliant verification and validation.

The candidate will develop test strategies, procedures, and acceptance criteria, support FAT/SAT/tests, and guide junior engineers while interfacing with clients and regulators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, nuclear engineering, controls engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with DCS, digital I&C systems, plant control systems, or related automation platforms.
• Experience developing, reviewing, and executing formal test procedures and acceptance testing programs.
• Strong understanding of system integration, requirements traceability, configuration management, verification and validation principles.
• Ability to lead technical work, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work to schedule.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 20 to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the test engineering technical lead for DCS and digital I&C upgrade projects.
• Develop and maintain project-specific test strategies, test plans, test procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT), integrated system testing, site acceptance testing (SAT), pre-operational testing, and commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with discipline leads and project teams across business units to ensure alignment on technical scope, priorities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate test scope, interfaces, schedules, prerequisites, resource alignment, equipment, and documentation across engineering and project teams.
• Review digital control system designs, logic, displays, alarm functionality, communication interfaces, system configurations, and supporting documentation for testability and completeness.
• Direct the identification, documentation, evaluation, and resolution of test discrepancies and potential deficiencies.
• Provide technical guidance to test engineers and other project personnel, including coaching, work planning, and review of deliverables.
• Interface with clients, vendors, construction and commissioning organizations, and regulatory stakeholders as appropriate.
• Develop project-specific project management and commissioning/testing plans with clear acceptance criteria, verification/validation requirements, and turnover deliverables.
• Support project estimates, proposals, schedules, resource plans, and execution strategies.
• Ensure testing activities are performed in accordance with approved procedures, quality requirements, configuration controls, cybersecurity expectations, and applicable nuclear standards and regulations.
• Prepare clear technical reports, test records, turnover packages, status updates, and recommendations for project leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve test methods, standardize deliverables, and strengthen execution across the digital I&C practice.
• Conduct post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and systematically improve future nuclear project execution.

Skills

DCS test engineering

test procedures

test strategy

leadership

communication

travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer/nuclear/controls engineering

Job description

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Test Engineering Consultant 2 to lead the testing lifecycle for nuclear digital I&C upgrades. The role is remote with travel to client sites and facilities, coordinating with project teams to ensure safe, compliant verification and validation.

The candidate will develop test strategies, procedures, and acceptance criteria, support FAT/SAT/tests, and guide junior engineers while interfacing with clients and regulators.