Embedded System Validation Engineer Jobs in Wilmington, NC

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $68.30hr - $73.30hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 8+ years of engineering experience in verification, validation, testing, design, systems engineering, nuclear I&C, embedded systems, or related technical work.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience developing, executing, or evaluating test plans, test procedures, test reports, or requirements-based verification evidence.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with digital I&C systems, embedded systems, software-controlled hardware, or complex control systems.
• Demonstrated experience performing requirements analysis and requirements-to-test traceability.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing technical requirements, design documentation, interface documentation, or software/hardware release documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate test results, identify anomalies, document issues clearly, and support issue resolution.
• Strong technical writing skills, including test procedures, test reports, technical evaluations, issue summaries, and review comments.
• Ability to work within formal quality processes, configuration control expectations, and controlled engineering documentation.
• Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate technical, quality, schedule, or configuration concerns.
• Requirements-based testing and traceability.
• IV&V test planning and execution.
• Test procedure and test report development.
• System, subsystem, component, FAT, and regression testing.
• Digital I&C systems, embedded control systems, or software-controlled hardware.
• Interface analysis and design review participation.
• Technical review and comment resolution.
• Change impact assessment and regression planning.
• Anomaly identification and technical documentation.
• Corrective action / condition adverse to quality support.
• Configuration control of test systems, software versions, hardware configurations, SD cards, setups, and evidence packages.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Perform independent V&V activities for nuclear digital I&C systems, including requirements analysis, design evaluation, interface analysis, traceability analysis, and test evidence review.
• Develop system V&V test requirements to ensure products meet system, software, hardware, and performance specifications.
• Develop IV&V test plans, procedures, testware, reports, traceability matrices, and supporting documentation.
• Perform, witness, and evaluate component, subsystem, system, FAT, and regression tests.
• Evaluate results, identify anomalies, document findings, and support technical disposition of issues.
• Support review of source code documentation, FPGA/PLD documentation, firmware documentation, embedded software behavior, release documentation, and verification evidence as applicable.
• Participate in technical and baseline reviews of requirements, design documents, interface documents, software release documentation, test plans, procedures, and reports.
• Perform or support FMEA, hazard analysis, cybersecurity vulnerability assessments, safety analysis, traceability analysis, and security analysis.
• Support development and evaluation of simulators, test setups, test tools, automated test equipment, and manufacturing test procedures.
• Drive compliance with and industry-based system/software lifecycle processes.
• Support documentation, analysis, and resolution of conditions adverse to quality through the corrective action program.
• Support customer-facing FAT execution, including technical issue management, test record completion, and communication of results.
• Support project scoping, scheduling, bidding, resource planning, and execution planning for IV&V / FAT work.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to less experienced engineers and test personnel.
• Work cross-functionally with systems engineering, software, hardware, FPGA, project management, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, customers, and lab technicians.
• Travel approximately 20%.

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of experience in nuclear I&C, digital controls, embedded systems, IV&V, FAT, or safety-related system testing.
• Experience with nuclear I&C products such as NUMAC, RCMS, RC&IS, PRNM, ATIP, DSS-CD, SRNM, WRNM, or similar platforms.
• Experience as a System IV&V Engineer, Responsible Engineer, Lead Test Engineer, or FAT lead.
• Experience supporting nuclear customers, nuclear plant modifications, or nuclear supplier product delivery.
• Experience reviewing or testing FPGA/PLD designs, including code review, simulation, test, and report generation.
• Experience with embedded processors such as Client, Client, DSP, microcontrollers, or similar platforms.
• Experience with PCB-level design review, component selection, signal interfaces, power supplies, communication interfaces, or hardware troubleshooting.
• Experience developing or using test simulators, test tools, automated test equipment, manufacturing test procedures, LabVIEW, ATS200, or similar automated test platforms.
• Experience performing or supporting FMEA, hazard analysis, cybersecurity vulnerability assessments, safety analysis, security analysis, or requirements traceability analysis.
• Experience with IEEE, IEC, EPRI, NRC, CNSC, or other nuclear industry standards and guidance.
• Experience supporting project scoping, scheduling, proposal development, bid support, or resource planning.
• Experience mentoring engineers, developing training material, or leading technical onboarding.
• Experience with corrective action programs, root cause evaluation, condition adverse to quality documentation, or quality issue resolution.
• Prior nuclear site experience as a reactor operator, I&C technician, system engineer, maintenance engineer, or commissioning/startup engineer.
• Prior experience with another nuclear supplier providing I&C equipment or safety-related digital control systems.

Skills:

• Nuclear I&C.
• Digital I&C.
• IV&V.
• V&V.
• Verification and validation.
• Requirements traceability.
• FAT.
• Factory acceptance test.
• NUMAC.
• RCMS.
• RC&IS.
• PRNM.
• ATIP.
• DSS-CD.
• SRNM.
• WRNM.
• Embedded controls.
• Software-controlled hardware.
• Control systems.
• Test procedure.
• Test plan.
• Test report.
• Regression testing.
• FMEA.
• Cybersecurity vulnerability assessment.
• FPGA.
• PLD.
• Firmware.
• LabVIEW.
• ATS200.
• Corrective action.
• Condition adverse to quality.