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Deep Fission

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

⚡ Energy

🔧 Hardware

Energy • Hardware

Deep Fission is an advanced nuclear energy company developing a novel deployment architecture called Gravity™ that integrates established technologies — pressurized water reactors, geothermal energy-transfer components, and deep borehole drilling — to place reactor systems a mile underground. The design uses hydrostatic pressure from a deep water column to support operating pressure and cooling, applies geothermal-style surface energy transfer to turbines, and aims for rapid, low-footprint deployments (a stated 6-month target for a single reactor deployment and a 2027–2028 commercial operation goal). The company reports an 18. 5 GW commercial pipeline via letters of intent with power-site partners, has moved prototype hardware (reactor canister) to a Kansas site, and is engaging with regulators and investors through public filings and offerings.

📋 Description

• Own well delivery, including safety, well integrity, control of work, cost, and schedule, from initial wells through repeatable, at-scale drilling operations • Direct large-diameter borehole construction and field-prove novel drilling techniques, including air/percussion hammer drilling in hard rock and reverse-flood/reverse circulation methods • Lead drilling input to first-of-a-kind well permitting and regulatory submissions • Build and scale the drilling organization, recruiting and leading engineering and field teams for a multi-well, multi-rig program • Establish drilling and safety management systems, standards, and procedures for a high-consequence, regulated environment • Produce drilling programs, basis of design, procedures, and well control philosophy for large-diameter geometry • Own the drilling budget and enforce procurement, contractor, cost, scope, and schedule accountability • Partner across engineering, licensing, and regulatory teams on well permitting and first-of-a-kind submissions

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Mechanical, or a related Engineering discipline • 15+ years of progressively responsible onshore drilling experience, including direct leadership of multi-well or multi-rig programs • Demonstrated experience building drilling organizations, engineering teams, management systems, and safety systems from the ground up • Direct accountability for delivering wells safely and economically • Command of well design, casing, mud and cement programs, well control, and cost control • Judgment applying rigorous, risk-based engineering, quality, and HSE controls in high-consequence operations • Current IADC or IWCF well control certification • Demonstrated HSE leadership record in drilling operations • Ability to lead effectively in a distributed organization • Must be a U.S. person eligible to meet DOE Export Control requirements under 10 CFR 810 • Ability to work independently in a remote-first, cross-functional environment with senior stakeholders • Willingness to travel domestically for offsites, training, and site visits, with up to 20% travel anticipated • Advanced engineering degree preferred • Large-diameter and hard-rock drilling experience preferred • Reverse-flood/reverse circulation and air/percussion hammer drilling experience preferred • Experience scaling a drilling program from single-rig to multi-rig operations preferred • Commercial or private-sector experience, ideally in a high-growth or newly public company

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace • Remote-first work environment • Up to 20% domestic travel for team offsites, training sessions, and site visits