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Instrumentation and Control Architect
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Position Title: Instrumentation and Control Architect
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Instrumentation and Control Architect opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain the top level I&C architecture for reactor and supporting plant systems.
- Establish architectural principles for independence, redundancy, diversity, and defense in depth.
- Select and govern I&C platforms, technologies, and communication frameworks.
- Establish and maintain the I&C design basis and system requirements aligned with safety and licensing needs.
- Maintain requirements traceability and architectural consistency across systems and components.
- Lead system level safety and reliability evaluations (FMEA, common cause, independence, single failure).
- Provide architectural and technical leadership in the design, resolution of cross disciplinary architectural issues, management of technical risks, and support licensing and longterm roadmap development and implementation.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years (or M.Sc. and 8+ years) of experience in system-level I&C architecture design, preferably in nuclear, energy, or aerospace.
- Experience with safety-critical or highly regulated control systems.
- Strong knowledge of industry codes and standards related to I&C systems (e.g., IEEE, ISA, NRC) and engineering practices.
- Deep technical expertise in control logic design, network protocols, and cybersecurity practices for nuclear or safety-critical I&C.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and decision-making capability.
Preferred Job Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience.
- Experience with nuclear safety-related digital I&C.
- Advanced reactor experience.
- FPGA-based protection/control systems.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Salary Range: $145K- $215K
- Location: Oak Brook, IL (Onsite) or Remote.
About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.
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