System Engineer III

NES Fircroft; North Carolina; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft invites a System Engineer III to join our Wilmington, NC operations. The role is remote-friendly with EST/CST time zone preference and typical hours 9am–5pm.

You will oversee plant integration activities for BWRX-300 SMR projects, guiding complex system interactions and safety analyses across multiple disciplines. The ideal candidate holds an engineering or physics degree with 8+ years in engineering, familiar with DOORS and licensing, and demonstrates leadership, mentorship, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Physics required.
• Minimum of 8 years in an engineering capacity.
• Masters or PhD in Engineering preferred; SRO experience desirable.
• Licensed Professional Engineer is a plus; strong knowledge of plant operations and design bases.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of tasks.
• Develop work instructions and manage system integration programs.
• Lead project scheduling, mentor junior staff, and serve as liaison with internal/external customers.
• Conduct component and system integration for nuclear plant designs to optimize performance and cost.
• Manage system requirements, specifications, and flow down.
• Define V&V requirements at plant, system, and component levels.
• Oversee interfaces between systems, components, and management teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Physics

Master's or PhD in Engineering

Licensed Professional Engineer

Tools

DOORS

Job description

System Engineer III

Job Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

Working Model: Remote, EST or CST timezone preferred

Working Hours: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

Interview Process: Virtual with cameras on, 2 rounds; 1st round 1:1 with manager, 2nd round panel

Responsible for Plant Integration Engineering (PIE) activities that support:

• BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
• Typical working hours from 9am to 5pm EST

Roles and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and technical accuracy of assigned tasks.
• Support development of work instructions, execution, and change management of system integration programs , including Seismic II/I interaction evaluations, High Energy Line Break loads, Piping/Equipment Attachments, Pipe Break Hazards, Internal Flooding, and environmental qualification envelope.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership, oversee project scheduling and resource planning, develop talent through mentorship, and act as the point-of-contact between your engineering team and both internal and external customers.
• Conducts component and system integration with overall new nuclear plant design. All activities that span multiple components and systems that are concerned with how to integrate for maximum performance, operability, and design to cost.
• Manages product and systems requirements, specifications, and flow down.
• Drive the identification of verification and validation (V&V) requirements at the plant, system, and component level.
• Responsible for defining plant-level design requirements for the systems, components, subcontractors, and partner teams.
• Manages interface between systems, components, and project/product management organizations.
• Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how your area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
• Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Physics from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in an engineering capacity.

Desired Characteristics

• Masters or PhD in Engineering (Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil).
• Direct experience developing or performing line load calculations, flooding analysis, and hazard reports
• Experience with Nuclear Island, Turbine Island and BOP plant systems and with the associated safety analyses design bases.
• Experience as a Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) at a nuclear power plant is strongly desired.
• SRO experience in multiple capacities including on-shift, outage prep, work control, and/or training.
• 10+ years of commercial nuclear engineering experience in multiple capacities including Design, Licensing, PRA, and/or Systems -OR- 10+ years of shipyard nuclear systems engineering experience.
• Requirements Management experience utilize DOORs or similar tool.
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Strong knowledge of plant operations, licensing and design bases, transient and accident analysis.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.