Nuclear Energy, SMR Strategic Advisor

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🕒 4 days ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🧐 Strategy

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📋 Description

• Advise management on technology selection, technical positioning, and commercialisation strategy for SMR, microreactor, and advanced-reactor platforms • Review proposed reactor technologies, engineering packages, design concepts, and technical partner capabilities • Identify patents, software, designs, know-how, and research programmes suitable for licensing, assignment, option-to-license, or joint development • Introduce the project to universities, research laboratories, technology-transfer offices, engineering groups, and nuclear-industry partners • Assist with sponsored research, technology licensing, joint development, and intellectual property transfer discussions • Provide specialist input across reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, safety, materials, fuels, and software/modelling • Support a technical roadmap spanning research, engineering, demonstration, licensing, and commercialisation • Participate selectively in meetings with strategic partners, investors, government stakeholders, technical counterparties, and South African nuclear institutions • Execute initial 90-day deliverables, including technical review, technology prioritisation, IP identification, partner introductions, and technical advisory board recommendations • Collaborate with executive management and engineering teams to shape commercialisation roadmaps

🎯 Requirements

• Doctorate (PhD), professorial standing, senior researcher background, or senior nuclear engineer experience • Typically 15+ years of relevant experience • Deep technical experience in advanced nuclear areas such as SMR/microreactor design, HTGR/PBMR, reactor physics, thermal hydraulics/CFD, TRISO/advanced fuels, molten-salt reactors, reactor safety/licensing, nuclear materials, fuel cycle, nuclear heat applications, or nuclear engineering software/modelling • Demonstrated track record in advanced-reactor R&D, commercial reactor programmes, national laboratories, universities, or nuclear technology enterprises • Willingness to contribute on a part-time advisory basis (5 to 10 hours per month) with flexibility to scale as projects advance • Experience with patent evaluation, technology transfer, sponsored research, research commercialisation, or industry partnerships • Direct experience developing or working with technology suitable for license, assignment, or joint development • Active relationships across universities, research laboratories, reactor developers, technology-transfer offices, or nuclear technology entities • International experience alongside familiarity with South African nuclear institutions and ecosystems

🏖️ Benefits

• Part-time advisory basis of approximately 5 to 10 hours per month • Initial 90-day mandate • Flexibility to scale as projects advance • Remote work arrangement

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