Lead Principal Engineer, Plant Design Integration

November 21

☕ Washington – Remote

Although this job is listed in Washington, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $169.9k - $235.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology company based in beautiful Bellevue, Washington. We work to raise global living standards by creating new forms of energy. TerraPower aspires to develop scalable, sustainable, low-carbon and cost-competitive energy sources that will allow all nations to quicken their pace of economic development and reduce poverty. This mission-driven innovation distinguishes our efforts from other endeavors.

51 - 200 employees

📋 Description

• Develop, manage, maintain, and integrate plant level requirements and specification documents for integration with plant design activities • Directs and provides oversight for the technical scope for Plant Design Integration deliverables • Leads the development and management of the Natrium Reactor Plant Architecture • 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

🎯 Requirements

• The successful candidate should have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in nuclear facility design or operation that includes experience in one or more of the following areas: • o Plant or systems engineering. • o Design engineering. • o Fire Protection. • o Operations. • o Reactor Engineering. • The successful candidate should have 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. • The successful candidate should demonstrate initiative and the ability to work independently with moderate supervision. • The successful candidate should have a working understanding of NRC regulations and associated guidance. Prior interaction with the NRC staff is desirable. • The successful candidate will display leadership skills by proactively driving cross functional design, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA collaboration and integration. • The candidate must be team oriented, and able to work effectively with geographically distributed and design team members. • This position requires the candidate to be conversant across a wide variety of engineering disciplines, programs, and processes as well as interfacing organizations (Licensing, Operations, Procurement, Construction, Document Control). • The candidate should demonstrate the ability to acquire new knowledge and apply it in a fast-paced environment. • The candidate should demonstrate the ability to organize information to convey it to other disciplines and organizations. • The candidate should demonstrate the ability to be innovative. • The successful candidate should have 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. • The candidate should be able 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. • The candidate should have experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001. • The candidate should possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Compensation • Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments • Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits • Medical • Vision • Dental • Life • Life and Disability • Gender Affirmation Benefits • Parental Leave • 401k Plan • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) • 21 days of annually accrued PTO • Generous Holiday Schedule • 10 paid holidays • Relocation Assistance • Professional and Educational Support Opportunities • Flexible Work Schedule