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Antares · 3 days ago

Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls Test Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$145K/yr - $200K/yr

4+ years exp

Antares is a company focused on making clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt through advanced nuclear energy solutions. The Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls Test Engineer will collaborate with various engineering teams to design and implement test stands for nuclear sensing devices and ensure the functionality of instrumentation and control systems.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Nuclear, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Controls teams to design and implement Hardware in the Loop (HITL) test stands and platforms

Design around, and operate, and build test stands involving thermal chambers, vibe tables, shock fixtures, vacuum, and gaseous purge systems

Synthesize and execute on test stand requirements per I&C given requisite test objectives for nuclear sensing Devices Under Test (DUTs), and requisite proxies for nuclear sensors

Synthesize and execute on test stand requirements per I&C given requisite test objectives for coupled electromechanical-nuclear-sensor DUTs

Write and maintain test code, which interfaces with DAQs, CD&H systems of commercial and custom in-house design varieties

As needed, aid design engineers with I&C component/vendor selection, system-level peer-review, synthesis of nuclear environments, simulation/model correlation

Qualification

InstrumentationControls systemsThermal sensorsDAQ modulesPython programmingC/C++ programmingPLC programmingTest stand operationRadiation sources experienceHuman Machine Interfaces (HMI)Neutron sensors calibrationNuclear reactor operation

Required

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field

4+ years of experience testing and developing instrumentation and controls systems in nuclear, aerospace, defense, or other high reliability environments

High proficiency working with thermal sensors including thermocouples, RTDs (Resistant Temperature Detectors) and/or neutron sensors

High proficiency working with DAQ modules including Labjacks and National Instruments CDAQs