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TerraPower · 1 month ago

Lead Engineer, Plant Design Integration

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $235K/yr

6+ years exp

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington, focusing on affordable and environmentally friendly nuclear energy. The Plant Design Integration Engineer will support the development and maintenance of the Natrium Reactor Plant architecture, ensuring integration across design, analysis, licensing, and testing to meet various objectives.

Clean EnergyCleanTechEnergyNuclear

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, maintain, and integrate plant level requirements and specification documents for integration with plant design activities

Research, develop, and implement design bases and design strategies in support of plant design and licensing activities from various sources that include risk-Informed, performance-based strategies and methodologies, safety analysis concepts, commercial and operational objectives, and stakeholder objectives

Interface with design disciplines to facilitate allocation of plant requirements and develop plant requirement verification plans

Ensure and review that licensing and code requirements are clearly established and implemented in the design and in alignment with project design and licensing strategies

Support and review plant design cost studies, engineering decisions, and perform interdisciplinary reviews as a representative of plant level considerations and stakeholder for the plant architecture

Review, coordinate, and oversee plant integrated, safety, and risk analyses for their impact to plant functional and performance requirements

Lead and support design and design integration reviews and resolution of cross functional technical issues

Lead and support the integration of plant information into licensing basis and regulatory submittal documents that support the licensing of nuclear facilities under the Licensing Modernization Project

Keep Project Management and Engineering Management informed of major emerging technical issues and risks

Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify efficiency/enhancement opportunities

Qualification

Nuclear facility designSystems engineeringReactor engineeringFire protectionOperationsDesign engineeringNRC regulationsQuality standardsLeadership skillsTeam orientedCommunication skillsInnovative

Required

A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in nuclear facility design or operation that includes experience in one or more of the following areas: Plant or systems engineering, Design engineering, Fire Protection, Operations, Reactor Engineering

A minimum of a BS degree in a relevant engineering discipline like nuclear, chemical, mechanical, or electrical engineering or a Senior Reactor Operators license or equivalent

Demonstrate initiative and the ability to work independently with moderate supervision

A working understanding of NRC regulations and associated guidance. Prior interaction with the NRC staff is desirable

Display leadership skills by proactively driving cross functional design, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA collaboration and integration

Team oriented, and able to work effectively with geographically distributed and design team members

Conversant across a wide variety of engineering disciplines, programs, and processes as well as interfacing organizations (Licensing, Operations, Procurement, Construction, Document Control)

Demonstrate the ability to acquire new knowledge and apply it in a fast-paced environment

Demonstrate the ability to organize information to convey it to other disciplines and organizations

Demonstrate the ability to be innovative

Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey critical design integration information to the management team, the engineering and licensing team, customers etc

Ability to work in a conceptual design and first of a kind environment that requires the ability to use good engineering judgement and identify deliverables and processes to achieve key project objectives

Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001

Possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork