Senior Excitation Engineer - Nuclear

Accountabilities

• Define the long-term technical roadmap for excitation systems across the nuclear fleet, including modernization, digital upgrades, obsolescence management, and life-extension initiatives.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for excitation control technologies, providing expert guidance on systems such as EX2000, EX2100, and EX2100e.
• Ensure excitation system designs, modifications, and engineering activities comply with applicable nuclear regulatory requirements and internal nuclear quality management standards.
• Lead root-cause analyses for complex and high-priority excitation system disturbances, developing solutions that balance plant availability, reliability, and safety-critical stability.
• Direct advanced modeling and simulation activities to evaluate interactions between large-scale nuclear generation, excitation systems, power systems, and evolving grid-code requirements.
• Provide technical consulting and risk guidance to commercial and sales teams supporting major nuclear retrofit opportunities and proposals.
• Lead formal design reviews for new product introductions and customized nuclear applications, ensuring rigorous verification and validation.
• Provide technical guidance to field services teams during installation, commissioning, outages, troubleshooting, and site remediation activities.
• Mentor Staff and Lead Engineers, strengthen technical capabilities, and establish effective documentation and knowledge-preservation practices.
• Support predictive maintenance initiatives and the integration of advanced technologies within regulated nuclear environments.
• Communicate complex technical risks, recommendations, and system impacts clearly to utility executives, customers, regulatory stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required; a Master’s degree or PhD is strongly preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in power generation engineering, including 5–8 years focused specifically on excitation systems or mission-critical power plant controls.
• Strong knowledge of synchronous generator theory, excitation systems, power-system stability, and complex power-generation controls.
• Demonstrated experience working within a nuclear safety culture and navigating nuclear-specific quality, regulatory, and documentation requirements.
• Strong systems engineering capabilities, with the ability to lead complex integration efforts spanning excitation controls, generators, plant interfaces, and nuclear operational requirements.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot sophisticated technical problems and lead root-cause investigations in high-pressure environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and providing technical direction during outages, emergency remediation, or other critical events.
• Ability to evaluate excitation transients and their broader impact on nuclear island and balance-of-plant systems.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex engineering risks and recommendations to technical, executive, customer, and regulatory audiences.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally up to 25% for outages, customer design reviews, and regulatory audits; remote candidates may travel up to 50%.
• Ability to work with U.S. export-controlled information, subject to applicable government authorization requirements.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Preferred qualifications include 15+ years of power-generation engineering experience and 7–10 years focused on excitation systems or mission-critical controls.
• Industry recognition through participation in IEEE/IEC working groups, nuclear industry forums, or organizations such as NEI or EPRI is advantageous.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license and relevant specialized certifications or advanced degrees are preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive U.S. base salary range of $124,500–$207,700, with actual compensation determined by factors including experience, education, skills, and location.
• Geographic salary differentials of 110%, 120%, or 130% may apply in certain locations.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus.
• Remote-eligible work arrangement in the United States, with Longmont, Colorado also identified as a work location.
• Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates who are not already local to Longmont.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to a 24/7 nurse-based health coaching resource.
• Employee Assistance Program offering confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
• Retirement savings plan with company matching and retirement contributions, plus access to financial planning resources.
• Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits and life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays and permissive time off.
• Opportunity to work on challenging, technically significant projects supporting critical energy infrastructure.
• Professional growth through exposure to global engineering programs, regulatory environments, customer engagements, and advanced power technologies.