Engineering Technical Lead I&C
Job Summary
The Engineering Technical Lead for I&C Embedded Software will mentor a team developing and maintaining embedded software for nuclear power plant controls and instrumentation. This role involves overseeing work planning, technical design, and ensuring execution excellence in alignment with nuclear safety and quality standards. You will drive project completion through proactive technical oversight, cross-disciplinary coordination, and rigorous adherence to design processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead work planning, scheduling, and resource allocation.
- Oversee embedded software development and technical design.
- Mentor team members and conduct technical reviews.
- Ensure project compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Coordinate cross-functional project execution.
Required Skills
- C Programming & Embedded Software Development
- Nuclear Industry Standards (IEEE/IEC)
- System Design & Technical Review
- Project Management & Scheduling
- Technical Documentation & Mentorship
Job Details
Essential Responsibilities:
- Lead preparation of high thru low work planning, scheduling, and resource loading across lifecycle phases using applicable practices, guides, and tools.
- Support project engineering or management with execution metrics, status, risk mitigation, and scope change identification.
- Drive compliance regarding scope, budget, schedules, and technical reviews.
- Lead day-to-day operations to ensure deliverables are produced on-spec, on-budget, and on-schedule.
- Coordinate proactively across engineering disciplines to support integrated plant design objectives.
- Collaborate with project management and support functions to drive project completion.
- Identify, document, and lead resolution of technical and emergent risks.
- Provide technical oversight and mentorship to ensure system designs comply with requirements throughout manufacturing, installation, and commissioning.
- Support strategy, statement of work preparation, and resource loading implementation.
- Lead knowledge capture and transfer initiatives.
- Utilize tools for requirements, design, configuration, and document management.
- Champion nuclear safety culture and ensure compliance with quality management systems.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent 4-year technical degree.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in embedded software development with deep knowledge of C programming, version control (GitLab), IDEs, and debuggers.
- Minimum 10 years of experience with C coding conventions, unit testing, and integration testing.
- Minimum 5 years of experience performing independent or team-based system design or technical reviews.
Desired Characteristics:
- Experience in nuclear analog/digital instrumentation, control, and monitoring systems.
- Competency in industry standards (IEEE, IEC) and quality standards.
- 10 years of experience in the commercial nuclear industry including implementation, test, installation, and commissioning.
- Proficiency in modeling and test data collection tools.
- Ability to solve technical challenges using common design patterns.
- Strong technical writing skills focused on requirements and design documentation.
- Experience with MISRA-C and design verification/validation processes.