I&C Modernizations Engineering Lead

Framatome North America • Mansfield, MA

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced I&C Modernizations Engineering Lead to drive the upfront engineering and design finalization for I&C digital modernization across operating fleet. This role is solely focused on defining, reviewing, and locking in the customer’s design basis, which will serve as the foundation for downstream digital implementation and plant licensing changes.
The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in instrumentation and control systems (safety, non-safety, and nuclear I&C) with the ability to collaborate closely with customer engineering teams, ensuring clarity, rigor, and alignment across all stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Dependent on the position, degrees in Physics, Engineering Technology and Engineering Science may also be accepted.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of related engineering standards, techniques and criteria.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships; work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Advanced problem identification and problem resolution skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to manage multiple tasks and projects through subordinates.
• Mentors less experienced team members on technical topics.
• Strong analytical ability and problem identification/problem resolution skills.
• Advanced level of specific software tools (CAD, FEA, CFD) and programming skills.
• Hands-on understanding of system integration, wiring, field panels, control logic, and downstream operational impacts.
• Proven experience in upfront design work, concurrent engineering, and design basis finalization, ideally in regulated industries.
• Experience collaborating with customers in a highly interactive, agile manner.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical liaison skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with regulatory and licensing requirements is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead I&C supplier-side concurrent engineering activities for modernization projects, partnering directly with customer engineering teams.
• Define, review, and finalize design inputs, drawings, and design basis documents to serve as a clear, unambiguous foundation for digital implementation.
• Ensure design outputs are comprehensive, defensible, and aligned with regulatory/licensing requirements.
• Bring downstream awareness to upstream design, understanding operational, safety, and implementation impacts.
• Facilitate technical decision-making, anticipate gaps in system knowledge, and manage justified exceptions while maintaining strict engineering rigor.
• Participate in design reviews, documentation approvals, and licensing support activities as required.
• Ensures effective performance of complex engineering assignments in areas of design, development, analysis, evaluation, testing, preparation of specifications, execution of field tasks and resolution of field problems.
• Ensures compliance with government, organization and customer engineering standards.
• Independently evaluates, selects and applies a variety of technical techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgement in making more complex adaptations and modifications.
• Monitors goals, objectives and standards of performance for assigned team members.
• Develops new or adapted products, methods, systems or models to provide added value solutions to customers.
• Researches and assesses best practices, proposing methods and improvements.
• Ensures projects, initiatives, and processes comply with established policies, objectives and customer standards.

Benefits

• Multiple medical plan options, dental & vision coverage, life insurance, long- and short-term disability, and optional supplemental plans (critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, dependent life).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 sick days, and 13 paid holidays annually.
• Lifestyle spending account, employer paid mental health support, education reimbursement, professional development opportunities, adoption assistance, parental leave, and employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level