I&C Engineer (ITER) 2024-333-HAINC-CF

HukariAscendent is a Woman-Owned, Small Business specializing in comprehensive engineering and technical support services associated with commercial nuclear power and other Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear activities. 

We are seeking an I&C Engineer to be responsible for leading the design and development. In this role you interact with and guide Mechanical Engineering, System Engineering and multi-disciplinary Analysis Teams to realize optimal design solutions in compliance with ITER requirements. 

ITER is an unprecedented international collaboration of scientists and engineers working to design, construct, and assemble a burning plasma experiment that can demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. A self-heated burning plasma is a crucial step in fusion energy development. US ITER is a DOE Office of Science project hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. Partner labs are Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). ITER's other partners are the People's Republic of China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with I&C and mechanical engineers, designers, and analysts on development of detailed design.


• Check and back-check drawings and documents produced by designers or other engineers.


• Support the design of Piping and Instrument Drawings (P&IDs).


• Develop panel wiring and interconnect cabling designs.


• Design panel layouts and perform enclosure cooling calculations.


• Produce control system input/output and instrumentation lists.


• Design power distribution single line diagrams.


• Develop control strategies and state transition diagrams.


• Write control system hardware descriptions including control requirements, functional specifications, and control system architecture descriptions.


• Write control software requirements specifications and control software design descriptions.


• Specify PLC systems.


• Specify vacuum gauges and controllers.


• Write procedures and participate in qualification of instrumentation for high magnetic field areas, EMI/EMC testing, gamma and neutron radiation testing, etc.


• Work with ORNL analysts to determine proper magnetic shielding of instrumentation.


• Write factory acceptance test procedures.


• Write statements of work for I&C design and fabrication.


• Strong verbal and written communications skills.


• Self-starter with strong interpersonal skills willing to take a lead role.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical, Nuclear or Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.


• 5+ years of both I&C engineering design and hands-on experience, including the following:




• P&ID preparation


• PLC system design


• Enclosure design


• Cable design


• Control software design




• Knowledge of I&C engineering and design practices including drawings, specifications, and codes.


• Experienced in development of state transition diagrams, electrical load lists, and wiring diagrams.


• Excellent communication and organizational skills.


• Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically as required.


• Excellent writing skills to be able to write coherent design documents.


• Must be a self-starter able to work both independently and in a team.


• Proficient in use of office automation tools, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ITER project.


• Previous large-scale plant design experience.


• Experience with PLC architecture design, programming, test and validation.


• I&C design experience with the following:




• Vacuum system pumping and gauging


• Cable/harness design


• SEE Electrical Expert or similar CAD electrical design software


• IEC standards and CE-compliance


• Siemens S7 PLC and/or EPICS programming