Automation Engineer

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Schedule: Full-Time

Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.

The Automation Engineer develops, maintains, and improves software tools, data systems, dashboards, and automated workflows that support Standard Nuclear’s manufacturing operations. This role focuses on manufacturing systems, inventory and material tracking, reporting automation, data integrity, and operational visibility in a regulated environment.

This is a hands-on technical role working at the intersection of software, data, manufacturing, and operations. The Automation Engineer will support systems used to track production activity, material movement, nuclear material inventory, process data, and operational performance. The role will work closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, Quality, NMCA, EH&S, and IT teams to ensure systems are reliable, secure, traceable, and useful for day-to-day decision-making.

This position is focused primarily on software, data, and systems automation rather than traditional controls engineering, though familiarity with manufacturing or industrial systems is beneficial.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manufacturing Systems & Automation

• Develop, maintain, and improve software tools and automated workflows that support manufacturing operations

• Build scripts, integrations, and system automations to reduce manual work, improve data accuracy, and increase operational visibility

• Support manufacturing systems used for production tracking, inventory management, material movement, reporting, and process monitoring

• Troubleshoot system issues, workflow failures, user access problems, data discrepancies, and reporting gaps

• Support deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of internal tools used by operations and technical teams

Inventory & Material Tracking Systems

• Maintain and improve systems used to track inventory, materials, equipment status, and operational workflows

• Support systems used for nuclear material tracking, ensuring data integrity, traceability, access control, and reliable reporting

• Develop automation tools that improve inventory visibility, reduce manual data entry, and support compliant material management

• Partner with operations, NMCA, quality, engineering, and IT teams to ensure system changes are controlled, documented, and aligned with operational requirements

• Help identify and resolve data quality issues related to material tracking, system records, and operational reporting

Dashboards, Reporting & Data Tools

• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualization tools for manufacturing, engineering, quality, and leadership teams

• Translate manufacturing and operational data into clear, actionable views of production status, inventory, yield, throughput, and process performance

• Automate recurring reports and reduce spreadsheet-based or manual reporting workflows

• Work with users to understand reporting needs and develop practical tools that support decision-making

• Support development of metrics that improve visibility into manufacturing performance and operational constraints

Data Systems & Integration

• Integrate data from manufacturing systems, equipment, databases, spreadsheets, ERP/MRP systems, and other operational sources

• Develop and maintain data pipelines, queries, and structured datasets for analysis, reporting, and automation

• Improve data reliability, accessibility, and usability across manufacturing and engineering teams

• Support data architecture, naming conventions, and documentation practices for manufacturing data

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