# Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - Hardware at Valar Atomics

- Company: Valar Atomics
- What the company does: Valar Atomics is scaling nuclear energy for heavy industrial power and clean hydrocarbon fuel production. Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.valaratomics.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Orangeville, Utah, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/valaratomics/jobs/4376657009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/valar-atomics-senior-instrumentation-and-controls-engineer-hardware/

## About the role

At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future.

## What they're looking for

- Select, size, and specify field instrumentation including flow, pressure, differential pressure, temperature, level, and analytical devices, produce instrument data sheets, specifications, and requisitions
- Size and specify final control elements including control valves, actuators, positioners, regulators, on-off valves, and flow elements, perform valve sizing, noise and cavitation checks, and actuator thrust verification
- Perform hazardous area classification and select equipment for classified areas in accordance with NEC Article 500/505 or IEC 60079, prepare intrinsic safety loop calculations and verify entity parameters
- Develop and maintain instrumentation engineering documentation including the instrument index, loop diagrams, hook-up drawings, I/O lists, instrument location plans, cable schedules, and P&ID instrumentation mark-ups
- Tune PID and advanced regulatory control loops, commission field instrumentation, diagnose and resolve loop deviations, valve response problems, and measurement quality issues
- Establish and execute the instrument calibration program including calibration procedures, ranges, tolerances, traceability to NIST-referenced standards, calibration records, and recall scheduling

Tags: Instrumentation & Controls