Senior Nuclear Excitation Engineer
Job Summary
The Senior Excitation Engineer serves as the global technical authority for excitation control systems within the nuclear fleet. This role focuses on leading technical strategies for modernization, regulatory compliance, and system reliability for high-stakes nuclear environments. It involves bridging advanced power electronics with stringent nuclear safety standards as the final technical escalation point.
Responsibilities
- Define technical roadmap for nuclear excitation systems
- Ensure regulatory and safety compliance
- Lead Root Cause Analysis for system disturbances
- Provide expert consulting for retrofit tenders
- Mentor and develop engineering staff
Required Skills
- Electrical Engineering degree
- Excitation control systems expertise
- Nuclear safety culture experience
- Synchronous generator theory
- Complex systems engineering
Job Details
Roles and Responsibilities
Nuclear Fleet Strategy: Define the long-term technical roadmap for excitation systems in the global nuclear fleet, including obsolescence management, digital upgrades, and life-extension programs.
Regulatory & Compliance Leadership: Ensure all excitation designs and modifications strictly adhere to nuclear regulatory requirements and internal Nuclear Quality Management Systems.
High-Consequence Problem Solving: Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for complex, high-priority system disturbances in nuclear facilities, ensuring that solutions prioritize both plant availability and safety-critical stability.
Advanced Grid-Nuclear Interaction: Direct advanced modeling and simulation to analyze the interaction between large-scale nuclear baseload generation and evolving grid codes, ensuring the fleet's continued stability.
Consulting SME: Provide expert-level consulting for multi-million dollar nuclear retrofit tenders, ensuring technical feasibility and risk mitigation.
Knowledge Preservation: Institutionalize decades of excitation domain expertise by mentoring Staff and Lead engineers for nuclear excitation engineering.
Design Authority: Lead formal design reviews for New Product Introductions (NPI) and custom nuclear applications, ensuring rigorous verification and validation (V&V).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (Master's or PhD strongly preferred).
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in power generation engineering, with at least 5-8 years specifically focused on excitation systems or mission-critical power plant controls.
- Exposure working within a Nuclear Safety Culture and navigating nuclear-specific quality and documentation standards.
- Deep knowledge in synchronous generator theory and power system stability.
- Strong systems engineering capability with the ability to lead complex, cross-functional integration efforts.
Eligibility Requirements
- Ability to travel globally (up to 25%, or up to 50% for remote candidates) to support outages, design reviews, and regulatory audits.
- Access to U.S. export-controlled information is required.