Senior Systems & Controls Engineer

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Systems & Controls Engineer designing and implementing control systems for the nuclear power industry. Leading engineering teams and ensuring quality work on advanced nuclear reactor projects.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Idaho • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for programming, executing, and supervising engineering design, construction, installation and/or ongoing engineering support of facilities, systems, and technical policies and procedures
Coordinates with various internal teams to ensure resources are available for projects, standard tools are available to perform tasks, and in the monitoring progress and processes
Coach and mentor teams for continued advancement of capabilities and career progression
Oversight of product created by members of the group to ensure quality work.
Assign and manage design engineering teams to meet technical and project requirements on-time and within cost allocations.
Support technical interaction with customers for all aspects of a project, including customer meetings, presentations, and written communications.
Maintain close involvement with team and drive technical decisions as required to ensure sound engineering decisions in accordance with project needs
Review and approve engineering documents such as reports, documents, drawings and customer deliverables
Ensure design reviews are held for projects with design content in accordance with business processes
Support and/or lead proposal activities including market assessments, accurate engineering scope definition, risk assessment and proposal writing
Develop, review, test, troubleshoot and refine system hardware and software requirements with internal and external customers, and teach others how to do so.
Perform requirements capture and specification; feasibility, concept proving and prototyping, and design, develop, test, debug, configure, maintain and document systems
Find, evaluate and select equipment suppliers and assist with the purchase requisition process
Create and/or review design documentation for systems
Create and/or review formal test documentation for systems including SCADA computers, PLCs, system health and redundancy, and system data acquisition
Integrate 3rd party hardware and software and company developed software into respective systems
Support deployed systems by analyzing and fixing system related issues
Follow established guidelines and procedures to ensure technical standards are met according to company standards
Demonstrate a strong customer focus by listening to, recognizing, and responding to customer input in an effective, timely and courteous manner
Take initiative as problems and opportunities arise by anticipating and meeting customer needs and company expectations
Participate in process improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience
2+ years of experience leading engineering teams
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related degree
Ability to lead work and manage others
Ability to work a professional work schedule in an office environment.
Technical documentation skills, to include good oral and written communication skills
Experience developing proposals and bidding projects
Ability to generate practical conceptual designs for complex systems
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally (less than 10%)
PLC and DCS programming and design experience with a wide mix of control system and SCADA equipment
Experience interfacing with field devices including thermocouples, RTD's, current loops, voltage and discrete I/O
Ability to specify and select DCS / PLC instrumentation including field instruments
Experience with analog and digital electronic circuits
Able to troubleshoot problems with data acquisition systems, networks, and AC - DC wiring

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid Time Off
401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing
Health and Wellness Benefits
Learning and Development Opportunities
Referral Program
Competitive Pay
Recognition
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Inclusive & Supportive Culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

PLC programmingDCS programmingSCADA systemstechnical documentationsystem designtroubleshootingdata acquisition systemsanalog circuitsdigital circuitsrequirements specification

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationcustomer focusproblem-solvinginitiativeteam managementprocess improvementproject management

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer Science