Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
If this sounds like an environment you would succeed in, we're looking for a Senior Controls Engineer. You will be the NSSS Control System functional designer to develop and maintain the control system design for a plant specific BWR or PWR project, including functional requirements and diagrams, simulation model, and the design verification/analysis. Onsite plant support is performed to verify the control system installation and functionality.
You will report to the Manager, Global Operations Services in the Control & Information System Engineering group. The workplace persona for this position is hybrid out of Warrendale, PA. We are only able to consider candidates authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Your Day-to-Day•Develop and maintain the control system design for each project.
•Issue the testing guideline documentation and lead the customer witnessing testing.
•Perform pre-SWIL (Software-In-Loop) activities to support software implementation, including working with the project hardware/software Westinghouse team members, and conduct SWIL testing with the customer using the simulation model.
•Understand and lead interfaces with Safety Analysis, Licensing, Setpoint Uncertainties, Fluid Systems, Nuclear Operations, Plant Operations, Plant Systems, Plant Licensing, Plant Reactor Engineering.
•Partner with other design engineering organizations, customer engineering groups, and project management organizations.
•Work directly with our customers during project execution as the functional design lead.
•Support the project through Simulator FAT, Hardware FAT, and System Installation.
•Issue Power Ascension Test (PAT) guidelines to support PAT testing procedures onsite from initial criticality to 100% power.
•Support innovation projects to develop the next generation of PCSE products.
•Provide support for emergent issues for operating plants with digital upgrade systems (i.e., walk-in work).
•Provide initial plant startup support for NSSS control system for AP1000 plant design.
•Provide technical mentoring of the team members and next NSSS control system functional designers within PCSE.
Who You Are
As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:
•Bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.
•Advanced knowledge of reactor kinetics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, pump and valve principles, energy systems, and mathematical methods.
•5 plus years of experience in control systems and nuclear systems.
•Experience in control system design, simulation models, and I&C design.
•Experience with computer simulations based on first principals and using codes such as Matlab, LOFTRAN, RETRAN, Advanced Continuous Simulation Language (ACSL), or other simulation codes.
Preferred
•At least 5 years of experience in Westinghouse PWR and GE BWR plant design analysis.
– Safety analysis, fluid systems, nuclear operations, design transients, setpoint uncertainty, I&C design, licensing, turbine control systems.
•Prior onsite plant experience in plant startup, plant operation, or plant testing.
Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse Electric Company Is The Global Nuclear Energy Industry’s First Choice For Safe, Clean, And Efficient Energy Solutions. We Enable Our Delivery Of This Vision By Living Our Value System
•Customer Focus and Innovation
•Speed and Passion to Win
•Teamwork and Accountability
Benefits
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
•Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
•401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
•Paid Vacations and Holidays
•Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
•Educational Reimbursement Program
•Employee Referral Program
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com .
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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