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Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.\nAbout the role\nWe are hiring a Senior Instrumentation and Controls Test Engineer to develop the measurement, control, and automation systems that support Aalo’s experimental hardware, software and reactor development. You will turn test requirements into reliable instrumentation and repeatable control behavior that produce trustworthy engineering data.\nThis hands-on role owns I&C for component, subsystem, and integrated-system testing, from benchtop setups to automated test stands. You will work with test, electrical, software, mechanical, and systems engineers, manufacturing, operations, and EHS to commission and support a broad range of test equipment.\nWhat you’ll do\nTranslate test objectives and operating conditions into measurement and control requirements, including sensor ranges, accuracy, response time, sampling, and data-recording needs.\nDevelop test methods and write test procedures that map engineering requirements to measurable acceptance criteria. Define prerequisites, equipment configurations, instrumentation and calibration needs and required data.\nDevelop and maintain testing procedures to support consistent execution and audit readiness\nSelect and integrate sensors, signal conditioning, embedded instrumentation, and data acquisition for temperature, pressure, flow, strain, vibration, position, voltage, current, and other required parameters.\nDesign and document instrument layouts, I/O assignments, wiring, and interfaces. Coordinate enclosures, installation, grounding, shielding, and instrument access with engineering and fabrication teams.\nDevelop PLC logic, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), control sequences, and test automation. Configure and tune control loops for stable operation across test conditions, accounting for the dynamics and response of the equipment under test.\nImplement alarms, permissives, interlocks, and shutdown behavior defined through operating requirements and hazard reviews. Verify their behavior during commissioning and after relevant changes.\nPlan and execute commissioning and, where applicable, factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT) of test-system hardware and software. Perform calibration, loop, I/O, and functional checks against documented requirements and acceptance criteria.\nUse simulation, modeled inputs, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) methods as appropriate to verify control sequences, interlocks, and responses to abnormal conditions before operating integrated hardware. Record results and resolve discrepancies.\nBuild reliable data-acquisition and logging workflows, including timestamps, channel identification, units, and configuration records so test results can be traced to operating conditions.\nTroubleshoot sensors, wiring, signal noise, industrial networks, communications, control behavior, and acquisition problems. Determine whether unexpected test results are caused by instrumentation errors, control-system faults, or the behavior of the equipment being tested.\nSupport test execution and data interpretation; evaluate measurement uncertainty and recommend improvements to instrumentation, controls, or follow-on experiments.\nMaintain requirements, schematics, I/O lists, software revisions, calibration records, and test results. Trace control-system changes to verification evidence; define and resolve technical interfaces with equipment vendors and system integrators.\nDevelop reusable instrumentation and automation approaches that improve test throughput and support later validation, qualification, and production-support testing.\nRequired qualifications\nEducation: Degree in an engineering discipline, such as electrical, nuclear, control systems engineering, or a related field.\nAt least five years of relevant, hands-on engineering experience with instrumentation, controls, automation, or integrated test systems.\nPractical experience selecting and integrating sensors, signal conditioning, and data acquisition for physical experiments or industrial equipment.\nExperience developing and troubleshooting PLC-based or comparable industrial controls, including I/O, HMIs, control-loop behavior, and the effects of equipment dynamics.\nDemonstrated experience authoring and executing formal test protocols and preparing technical reports within a controlled documentation process, including requirements traceability, revision control, deviation documentation, and evidence-based acceptance decisions.\nAbility to interpret and produce wiring diagrams and instrumentation documentation, work hands-on with integrated hardware, and troubleshoot industrial networks and communications between instruments, controllers, and data systems.\nUnderstanding of calibration, measurement accuracy, sampling, uncertainty, and how operating conditions and failure modes affect recorded data; background in design of experiments, root-cause analysis, uncertainty analysis, or reliability-focused testing.\nAbility to turn incomplete test requirements into functioning, documented systems and diagnose hardware, software, and interface problems during commissioning and operation.\nAbility to implement and verify controls and interlocks from defined requirements and work safely with electrical hardware, moving equipment, and other test-system hazards.\nClear technical documentation, effective collaboration with engineers and technicians, and ownership through procurement constraints, integration failures, and changing priorities.\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience with LabVIEW, Python-based test automation, or custom instrumentation software.\nExperience with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or dynamic models used to validate test controls before integrated operation.\nExperience with distributed control systems (DCS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), or their integration with test equipment.\nExperience developing instrumentation and automation for performance, endurance, environmental, or fault-response testing of components and integrated systems.\nExperience producing controlled test evidence in nuclear or other high-reliability environments, including qualification testing, nuclear quality assurance, or commercial grade dedication (CGD).\nFamiliarity with industrial control-system cybersecurity practices for connected test equipment.\nExperience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), advanced control algorithms, or smart sensor integration.\nWork location and environment\nCandidates must be based in the United States and willing to work on-site in Austin, Texas. This role involves hands-on installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and test support in laboratories and development facilities, following applicable safety procedures and controls.\nRequirements:\nBased in the United States\nWilling to work on-site in Austin, TX\nWhat We Offer:\nCompetitive salary based on technical level \nHealth, Dental, Vision Insurance\nPaid Time Off\nCorporate Gym Membership\nAdditional Information:\nAalo Atomics provides a collaborative and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, intellectually challenging careers, and competitive compensation. Aalo Atomics is an equal opportunity employer and considers all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nApplicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.\nDirect applicants only. 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