Instrumentation and Control Architect

Position Title: Instrumentation and Control Architect

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Instrumentation and Control Architect opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the top level I&C architecture for reactor and supporting plant systems.
• Establish architectural principles for independence, redundancy, diversity, and defense in depth.
• Select and govern I&C platforms, technologies, and communication frameworks.
• Establish and maintain the I&C design basis and system requirements aligned with safety and licensing needs.
• Maintain requirements traceability and architectural consistency across systems and components.
• Lead system level safety and reliability evaluations (FMEA, common cause, independence, single failure).
• Provide architectural and technical leadership in the design, resolution of cross disciplinary architectural issues, management of technical risks, and support licensing and longterm roadmap development and implementation.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years (or M.Sc. and 8+ years) of experience in system-level I&C architecture design, preferably in nuclear, energy, or aerospace.
• Experience with safety-critical or highly regulated control systems.
• Strong knowledge of industry codes and standards related to I&C systems (e.g., IEEE, ISA, NRC) and engineering practices.
• Deep technical expertise in control logic design, network protocols, and cybersecurity practices for nuclear or safety-critical I&C.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and decision-making capability.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience.
•  Experience with nuclear safety-related digital I&C.
• Advanced reactor experience.
• FPGA-based protection/control systems.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Direct Hire
• Salary Range: $145K- $215K
• Location: Oak Brook, IL (Onsite) or Remote.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.