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The Nuclear Company · 12 hours ago

Principal IoT Engineer

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$198K/yr - $228K/yr

12+ years exp

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing startup in the nuclear and energy space creating a never before seen fleet-scale approach to building nuclear reactors. The Principal IoT Engineer designs and implements Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems that serve as the 'nervous system' for nuclear construction and operations.

Clean EnergyElectrical DistributionNuclear

Responsibilities

Design comprehensive IIoT sensor networks for nuclear construction sites and operational facilities (environmental sensors, structural health monitors, equipment telematics)

Develop IoT infrastructure that feeds live field data into digital twin models

Create scalable sensor networks supporting radiation monitoring, temperature, humidity, vibration, strain gauges, and construction machinery telematics

Design network architectures for wired (Modbus) and wireless (Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, cellular) sensor deployments

Establish standards for sensor registration, configuration, and automatic onboarding

Design edge computing architectures for safety-critical data processing with minimal latency

Implement IoT gateways that aggregate sensor data and perform local processing

Integrate IoT data streams with Nuclear OS platform through connectors and middleware

Enable time-series data ingestion at scale for storage and analysis in data platforms (Palantir Foundry)

Support digital twin development by providing real-time sensor data to update virtual models

Design Wi-Fi networks for IoT sensor connectivity in nuclear facilities

Implement secure data flow from OT networks to business networks with appropriate segmentation

Design application servers as backend processing engines for IoT data streams

Optimize network performance for low power consumption, secure communication, and long-term deployment

Develop predictive maintenance systems using IoT sensor data with AI analytics

Implement anomaly detection algorithms for equipment monitoring

Ensure cybersecurity for IoT devices and networks in critical nuclear infrastructure

Implement secure communication protocols (TLS, VPN, encryption) and device authentication

Ensure compliance with NRC cybersecurity requirements

Qualification

IoT architecturesProtocolsSensor technologiesWireless communication protocolsEdge computing platformsPredictive analyticsNetwork securityProgramming in PythonMachine learningAI integrationRegulatory complianceCloud platformsNetworking knowledgeCertifications in IoT