AI and Software Innovation Engineer IV

Framatome North America • Lynchburg, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As the need for nuclear energy grows, Framatome is seeking an AI and Software Innovation Engineer IV to join their vital mission in creating lasting solutions for the planet's greatest challenges and shaping the future of clean energy. This role is critical in leveraging digital technologies to enhance the safety and performance of the North American nuclear fleet, translating business needs into secure, valuable digital solutions. Within the Installed Base America (IB-A) Business Unit, the successful candidate will serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer and subject-matter leader, providing fundamental programming and consulting services to modernize Framatome’s business processes through digital transformation. This position offers the opportunity to directly influence the safety and efficiency of critical energy infrastructure, develop expertise in deploying cutting-edge applications and tools, and collaborate with teams from field operations to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical discipline. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to internal customers.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong interpersonal relationships; work collaboratively.
• Ability to manage tasks effectively for yourself and others.
• Expert-level Software Development: Write code to create full stack applications using Python, C#, TypeScript, CSS, and modern frameworks such as Vue or React.
• Experience architecting and deploying AI/ML solutions: Passion for leveraging LLMs, building AI tools and Agents to complete complex tasks.
• Experience designing and governing data architecture: Ability to document data structures, create ETLs and reports.
• Experience establishing or maturing DevSecOps practices across teams or organizations: Strong understanding of secure software development practices, including integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, automating security scans, managing vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance throughout the development lifecycle. Experience implementing secure coding standards and collaborating with security stakeholders to drive proactive risk reduction.
• Complex Systems Upgrades & Migrations: Experience planning and leading large scale system upgrades, platform modernizations, or technology migrations. Able to evaluate technical risk, coordinate across multiple teams, create phased migration strategies, and ensure continuity of operations for mission critical applications.
• Occasional domestic travel (<15%) to customer sites and Framatome facilities.
• Periodic international travel to France, Germany, and other Framatome locations for R&D meetings and coordination on digital initiatives
• Mobile Development: Native or React Native or other frameworks.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, or similar). Ability to evaluate cloud native services, lead migrations to cloud platforms, define infrastructure patterns, and ensure resilience, performance, and cost effective operation across enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement technical requirements: Write code to implement features by following specifications, and designs.
• Quality Control: Verify software through testing, code reviews, and documentation.
• Technical risk and quality ownership: Identify systemic technical risks, propose mitigation strategies, and ensure high-reliability software in safety-critical environments.
• Partner with Stakeholders: Lead identifying operational challenges and requirements using off the shelf products such as LLMs, ML tools, Framatome’s software portfolio, and new/emerging technologies.
• Learn: Industry best practices, time management tools, emerging technologies.
• Research: Expand team knowledge by researching emerging technologies and presenting key findings.
• Ownership: Own part or all of one or more applications, making strategic leadership decisions, and being responsible for creating and defending software design decisions. This includes defining technical requirements, breaking down work into tasks, and guiding feature implementation from concept to completion.
• System-level thinking: Lead architectural design and long-term technical strategy for one or more applications.
• Leadership: Provide guidance and mentorship to newer engineers, helping them understand best practices, reviewing their code, supporting their technical growth, and contributing to a collaborative learning environment. May also assist in onboarding, offering technical direction, and reinforcing team standards to help junior team members succeed.
• Cross-team influence: Drive alignment across teams and ensure engineering practices and standards are consistently applied.
• Business Impact: Translate high-level business needs into scalable, long-term digital solutions with measurable impact.

Benefits

• Salary: $99,000 - $134,000, and may also include annual incentives and performance bonuses.
• Multiple medical plan options, dental & vision coverage, life insurance, long- and short-term disability, and optional supplemental plans (critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, dependent life).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 sick days, and 13 paid holidays annually.
• Lifestyle spending account, employer paid mental health support, education reimbursement, professional development opportunities, adoption assistance, parental leave, and employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees