General Matter
Automation & Controls Engineer, Functional Safety
About this role
General Matter seeks an Automation & Controls Engineer specializing in functional safety to design and oversee safety-critical control systems for uranium enrichment operations. You'll lead the full lifecycle of PLC, HMI, and safety instrumented systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and protecting personnel and equipment in a high-hazard industrial environment.
What you'll do
- Design and commission PLC, HMI, SCADA, instrumentation, and safety instrumented systems for hazardous equipment
- Lead functional safety activities including hazard analysis, SIL determination, requirements development, and proof testing
- Develop control architectures, interlocks, shutdown logic, and alarm strategies
- Support design reviews, HAZOPs, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and troubleshooting
- Produce engineering documentation for safety-critical systems including specifications and test plans
- Collaborate across electrical, mechanical, process, nuclear, and operations teams
What they're looking for
- Functional safety standards (IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISA 84)
- PLC programming and commissioning
- HMI and SCADA systems
- Industrial instrumentation and control panels
- Safety interlock and trip logic design
- Technical documentation and change management
- Hazard analysis and LOPA
- Industrial networking
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General Matter
General Matter develops nuclear fuel enrichment systems and production infrastructure. The company is hiring for engineering roles including EHS, quality, manufacturing systems, tooling, and test systems engineers to support its uranium enrichment operations and manufacturing processes.
View all jobs at General MatterLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience designing safety instrumented systems (SIS) or interlocks for hazardous processes—what standards did you follow, and how did you verify they met the required SIL?
- Describe a time you led or participated in a HAZOP or LOPA study. What hazards did you identify, and how did that inform your controls architecture?