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Salary: USD 173,000 - 211,000 / annual
Valar Atomics is a Series A advanced nuclear energy company developing scalable, factory-built high-temperature nuclear power systems for industrial applications, hydrogen production, and next-generation manufacturing. The company is building its first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah and is establishing a design and engineering organization in Torrance, California.
You will join the Instrumentation, Control & Electrical (IC&E) organization as a Staff Electrical Designer, serving as a technical authority for electrical and instrumentation design across the full plant scope: Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution systems.
In this staff-level role, you will own the most complex drawing packages and serve as a technical anchor for the design team. Your responsibilities span three major areas:
**Technical Leadership & Discipline Ownership:** You will check and approve drawing packages produced by other designers and drafting contractors, own assigned areas of CAD standards (templates, symbol libraries, layer conventions, file organization), and manage the discipline's drawing checking program. You will own portions of the EPLAN and AVEVA Electrical database architecture, including project structures, master data, report templates, and practices that ensure database-driven deliverables remain consistent and trustworthy. You will lead design solutions for first-of-a-kind installation challenges with unusual routing, separation, and environmental constraints. You will define drawing production strategy, mentor senior and junior designers, and contribute to hiring and technical interviewing.
**Design Execution:** You will produce and own complex electrical and instrumentation drawing packages including one-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams, panel schedules, and load lists. You will own cable and raceway design including sizing, voltage drop checks, tray and conduit routing, and signal/power segregation for safety-related circuits. You will design control panels and enclosures per UL 508A practice, grounding and bonding layouts, hazardous area classification drawings (NEC Article 500/505), and instrument installation deliverables. You will lead 3D model coordination for electrical and I&C scope, resolve interdisciplinary routing conflicts, and approve bills of material and material take-offs.
**Field, Construction & Turnover:** You will lead field walkdowns for constructability and routing verification, own the as-built program including redline capture standards, review vendor and contractor shop drawings for compliance with project and nuclear quality standards, resolve RFIs and field changes, and own drawing revision control and document management per nuclear quality requirements.
The role emphasizes technical depth, disciplined documentation, and a safety-first culture in a hands-on environment where drawing quality and installation integrity directly support plant reliability and nuclear safety.
**Requirements:**
- Associate degree or technical diploma in electrical design, drafting, or engineering technology, or equivalent practical experience; Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline is a plus
- 8+ years of electrical or I&C design experience in power generation, process industries, or industrial facilities
- Demonstrated ownership of complete electrical/I&C drawing scope on at least one major capital project from early design through construction support and as-built turnover
- Track record of design leadership: formally checking and approving other designers' work, setting or improving CAD standards, and directing drafting contractors
- Expert proficiency with EPLAN (Electric P8 or equivalent) and/or AVEVA Electrical at the administration level (project structures, master data, report templates), not just drawing production
- Strong working knowledge of NEC (NFPA 70) as applied to design deliverables: wiring methods, conduit fill, cable derating, grounding
- Experience with cable and raceway separation design for safety-related circuits (IEEE 384 or equivalent criteria) or demonstrably transferable rigorous separation/segregation design experience
- Experience with 3D plant design coordination including clash detection and model-based drawing extraction
- Extensive field experience: walkdowns, redlining, as-built production, and construction support
- Experience mentoring, checking, or supervising other designers or drafters
**Preferred Skills:**
- Proficiency in both EPLAN and AVEVA Electrical, including database/master data administration in both
- ADDA Certified Drafter, NICET certification, or equivalent credentials
- Experience designing UL 508A listed industrial control panels
- Experience with medium-voltage distribution design (4.16 kV and above), generator connections, utility interconnection drawings
- Working familiarity with nuclear quality requirements (NQA-1, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B) as applied to design documents, drawing control, and design change traceability
- Experience with electrical installation design in nuclear, cleanroom, glovebox, or contamination-controlled environments
- Experience with CAD automation or scripting (EPLAN API, AutoLISP, or equivalent) for deliverable generation
- Familiarity with IEC 62443 or NIST SP 800-82 as applied to physical OT network layer, including cabinet, switch, and cabling infrastructure supporting network segmentation
