Remote-Senior V&V Engineer

Company: System One
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: February 20, 2025

Job Description:

- Remote- Senior V&V Engineer

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Digital Systems V&V Senior Engineer

System One is seeking to contract with a highly capable and motivated Digital Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) Technical Lead. This position reports directly to the Digital Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) Manager. In this role, you will act as a Verification and Validation (V&V) Technical Lead for Sodium Fast Reactor technologies, with interfaces and support to other associated nuclear technologies such as fast-spectrum, and Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) technologies. You will lead and be responsible for the technical performance of V&V Programs and will interface with scientists and engineers internal and external to TerraPower to review, audit, test, verify and validate, digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, Hardware, Software, and Firmware used in Generation IV advanced nuclear reactor technologies.

Responsibilities
--- Defining, coordinating, and executing a specific portion of the interdisciplinary technical scope within the Natrium Project through project completion.
--- Focus on project technical performance management.
--- Assist in building a team through hiring/staffing the correct mix of skillset, experience, and knowledge.
--- Ensuring training needs assessment is performed appropriate to the standards.
--- Leverage both internal and external means to provide support as needed to achieve project goals.
--- Drive work technical quality across the organization through schedule planning and monitoring, cost planning and risk management.
--- Develop Digital I&C V&V Plans, Procedures and Policies in accordance with applicable NRC Reg Guides and Standards and aligned to TerraPower corporate and project level Procedures and policies.
--- Provide technically independent review and verification of systems, software, hardware requirements, design documents, and specifications, participate in Configuration Management (CM) audits and reviews, and software safety analysis.
--- Generate design lifecycle phase V&V reports, including CM reports, as defined by the V&V planning documentation.
--- Participate and support auditing, inspections and review of suppliers.
--- Assess, and as necessary participate, in code and high-level software and firmware language reviews.
--- Plan, execute and report systems, software and hardware testing throughout the digital lifecycle.
--- Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices in order to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities.
--- Integrate with work of other disciplines, engineers, scientists, and subject matter experts.
--- Interface with and support licensing activities associated with Safety Analysis Reports.
--- Interface with equipment qualification, commissioning, and startup testing teams to ensure that I&C

Key Qualifications and Skills

--- B.S. or higher in Controls, Electrical, Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited university
--- 5+ years direct experience performing NQA-1 Design Verification activities.
--- 5+ years of experience in a management role.
--- Candidates should have experience in instrumentation and controls development, diagnostics, and a demonstrated ability to audit, inspect review, verify, and validate industrial I&C platforms, applications, integrated systems and generate applicable phase reports.
--- Strong background in development of highly reliable software or firmware systems often used in mission critical applications.
--- Experience with I&C system, software and hardware testing.
--- Previous experience with nuclear reactor safety systems or nuclear instrumentation systems designs desired.
--- Familiarity with RG 1.28, RG 1.168, RG 1.169, RG 1.170, RG 1.171, RG 1.172, RG 1.173, IEEE 7-4.3.2, IEEE 1012, IEEE 1028 IEEE 828, IEEE 829, IEEE 1008, IEEE 1074 and IEEE 1028 a plus.
--- Familiarity with design control and development in accordance with nuclear power plant quality assurance (e.g., 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1).
--- Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
--- Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence.
--- Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate with a team with minimal direction on tasks and activities.
--- Ability to work on multiple simultaneous tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
--- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
--- Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
--- Strong communication skills desired
--- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
--- Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.

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