Paragon is looking for a Nuclear I&C Development Operations Engineer to support the development and lifecycle of FPGA-based products for nuclear safety-related applications. You will be responsible for maintaining a secure development environment and ensuring all tools and processes meet stringent nuclear cybersecurity and quality requirements.

What You'll Do

Develop and maintain internal tools, scripts, dashboards, and automations supporting FPGA design and nuclear safety documentation.
Automate tasks related to requirements traceability, verification workflows, build/test orchestration, data packaging, and simulation report generation.
Support internal frameworks built around Subversion (SVN), Git, and CI/CD tooling.
Ensure tools comply with nuclear-quality obligations such as auditability, reproducibility, configuration control, and verification independence.
Evaluate engineering tools including Simulink, Intel Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim/QuestaSim, and workflow automation platforms.
Perform cyber-impact assessments for introducing or modifying tools within the Secure Development and Operational Environment (SDOE).
Lead supplier qualification, cybersecurity posture evaluation, and tool reliability reviews.
Integrate approved tools into controlled design networks with appropriate SDOE documentation.
Establish systematic processes for logging, triaging, reproducing, verifying, and tracking defects affecting FPGA tools or workflows.
Collaborate with hardware/FPGA engineers, verification engineers, cybersecurity teams, and QA.
Maintain traceable audit records consistent with nuclear QA and SDOE monitoring requirements.
Identify recurring issues and propose long-term corrective actions or automation-based mitigations.
Improve engineering workflows including model-based design, HDL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, regression testing, and configuration reviews.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines adapted to nuclear-qualified toolchains and restricted SDOE networks.
Ensure workflow alignment with SDOE requirements including role-based access control, logging, network separation, and artifact integrity.
Support periodic SDOE reviews including cybersecurity assessments, environment hardening, and toolchain validation.
Manage the Secure Development and Operational Environment (SDOE) used for nuclear safety FPGA development.
Maintain controlled networks, secure repositories, isolated build servers, and toolchain validation environments.
Coordinate with IT teams to maintain system patches, whitelisting, and defensive architecture controls.
Ensure all development and operational workflows conform to SDOE technical and procedural requirements.
Create and maintain documentation for tooling, FPGA workflows, SDOE procedures, cybersecurity controls, and configuration-controlled processes.
Produce training materials and onboarding guides.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in development operations or a similar role supporting engineering toolchains.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles and their application in a controlled development environment.
Strong experience with scripting, automation, and internal tool development.
Knowledge of version control systems, specifically Subversion (SVN) and Git.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with FPGA development tools such as Simulink, Intel Quartus, Xilinx Vivado, and ModelSim/QuestaSim.
Ability to establish and enforce processes for configuration management, auditability, and reproducibility.
Excellent collaboration skills to work with hardware engineers, verification teams, cybersecurity, and QA.
Strong technical writing skills for creating clear procedures and documentation.
A mindset focused on problem-solving, identifying root causes, and implementing systematic improvements.