Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RISINGSUN TECHNOLOGIES is seeking a Senior/Lead Nuclear Digital I&C IV&V Engineer to support independent verification and validation of nuclear instrumentation and control products. The role owns requirements analysis, verification strategy, test planning and execution, anomaly resolution, design reviews, regression testing, and Factory Acceptance Testing for digital I&C, embedded control systems, and software-controlled hardware.
Responsibilities
- Perform independent V&V activities for nuclear digital I&C systems, including requirements analysis, design evaluation, interface analysis, traceability analysis, and verification evidence review
- Develop system V&V test requirements covering system, software, hardware, and performance specifications
- Develop IV&V test plans, test procedures, testware, reports, traceability matrices, and supporting documentation
- Perform, witness, and evaluate component, subsystem, system, FAT, and regression testing
- Analyze test results, identify anomalies, document findings, and support technical disposition and resolution
- Review source-code documentation, FPGA/PLD documentation, firmware documentation, embedded software behavior, release documentation, and applicable verification evidence
- Participate in technical and baseline reviews covering requirements, designs, interfaces, software releases, test plans, procedures, and reports
- Perform or support FMEA, hazard analysis, cybersecurity vulnerability assessments, safety analysis, security analysis, and traceability analysis
- Support the development and evaluation of simulators, test setups, automated test equipment, test tools, and manufacturing test procedures
- Maintain compliance with applicable organizational, quality, and industry-based system/software lifecycle processes
- Support corrective action processes and the analysis and resolution of conditions adverse to quality
- Support customer-facing FAT activities, including technical issue management, test record completion, and communication of results
- Contribute to project scoping, scheduling, bidding, resource planning, and execution planning for IV&V and FAT activities
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to engineers and test personnel
- Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, FPGA, quality, manufacturing, project management, suppliers, customers, and laboratory personnel
Skills
- Due to nuclear site access/or export-controlled project requirements, this role requires candidates to be U.S. Citizens and not hold dual citizenship
- Candidates must also be willing to work on W2
- Travel: Approximately 20%
- • Nuclear Digital I&C / Digital Control Systems
- • Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) / V&V
- • Requirements-based testing and requirements traceability
- • Test plan, test procedure, and test report development
- • Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- • System, subsystem, component, and regression testing
- • Embedded systems / software-controlled hardware
- • Requirements and design documentation review
- • Anomaly identification, documentation, and resolution
- • Configuration control and formal engineering/quality processes
- • Strong technical writing and stakeholder communication
- • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science , or a related technical discipline
- • 8+ years of engineering experience involving verification, validation, testing, design, systems engineering, nuclear I&C, embedded systems, or related technical work
- • 5+ years of experience developing, executing, or evaluating test plans, test procedures, test reports, or requirements-based verification evidence
- • 3+ years of experience with digital I&C systems, embedded systems, software-controlled hardware, or complex control systems
- • Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and requirements-to-test traceability
- • Experience reviewing technical requirements, design documentation, interface documentation, and/or software/hardware release documentation
- • Ability to evaluate test results, identify anomalies, clearly document findings, and support technical issue resolution
- • Strong technical writing skills covering test procedures, test reports, technical evaluations, issue summaries, and review comments
- • Experience working within formal quality processes, configuration control requirements, and controlled engineering documentation
- • Ability to independently manage technical responsibilities while appropriately escalating technical, quality, configuration, or schedule concerns
- • Ability to own the complete requirements-to-verification-evidence lifecycle
- • Ability to identify ambiguous, incomplete, technically weak, or unverifiable requirements before testing begins
- • Strong understanding of interactions between hardware, software, firmware, interfaces, simulators, and plant functions
- • Ability to determine appropriate regression scope following software, firmware, hardware, design, or configuration changes
- • Experience leading or supporting customer-facing FATs
- • Ability to recognize technically questionable results even when individual procedure steps appear to pass
- • Strong technical judgment in schedule-driven and ambiguous engineering environments
- • Ability to mentor junior engineers and test personnel
- • Clear, concise communication of technical and quality issues to engineering teams, leadership, and customers
- • 10+ years of experience in nuclear I&C, digital controls, embedded systems, IV&V, FAT, or safety-related system testing
- • Experience with nuclear I&C products such as NUMAC, RCMS, RC&IS, PRNM, ATIP, DSS-CD, SRNM, WRNM , or comparable platforms
- • Previous experience as a System IV&V Engineer, Responsible Engineer, Lead Test Engineer, or FAT Lead
- • Experience supporting nuclear customers, plant modifications, or nuclear supplier product delivery
- • Experience reviewing or testing FPGA/PLD designs, including code review, simulation, testing, and report generation
- • Experience with Intel, ARM, DSP, microcontrollers, or comparable embedded processor platforms
- • Experience with PCB-level design review, component selection, signal interfaces, power supplies, communication interfaces, or hardware troubleshooting
- • Experience developing or using test simulators, automated test equipment, manufacturing test procedures, LabVIEW, ATS200 , or similar platforms
- • Experience supporting FMEA, hazard analysis, cybersecurity vulnerability assessments, safety/security analysis, or requirements traceability
- • Familiarity with IEEE, IEC, EPRI, NRC, CNSC , or other applicable nuclear industry standards and guidance
- • Experience with corrective action programs, root-cause evaluation, quality issue resolution, or condition adverse to quality documentation
- • Prior nuclear site experience in reactor operations, I&C, systems engineering, maintenance, commissioning, or startup is highly desirable
Benefits
- 50% Health Insurance (Medical + Dental + Vision)
- Remote work
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