Quality Assurance Engineer

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $124.1k - $161.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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TerraPower

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501 - 1000 employees

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TerraPower is a U. S. -based nuclear innovation company developing advanced reactor technology and related products. Its flagship Natrium system pairs a sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten-salt energy storage system to provide grid-balancing, low-pressure, passively cooled nuclear power with faster construction, lower waste, and industrial steam output; the company's first Natrium plant is under construction in Wyoming. TerraPower also develops medical isotopes to support precision medicine and cancer treatment, reflecting work beyond power generation in nuclear science and isotope production.

📋 Description

• Perform Quality Assurance activities for TerraPower’s advanced reactor programs • Review customer and regulatory contracts and develop baseline requirements matrices/documents • Interface with customer and supplier QA representatives to resolve quality, technical, and complex compliance issues • Review internal and external engineering documents, including design drawings, specifications, and test plans/procedures, for compliance and QA requirement flow-down • Plan and perform supplier qualification audits and surveillances as a Certified Audit Team Leader • Perform annual evaluations and triennial audits of approved suppliers on the TerraPower Evaluated Suppliers List • Coordinate and host customer and regulator audits, surveillances, and visits • Develop, revise, and review QA processes and procedures • Plan and perform internal audits as a certified Audit Team Leader • Participate in CAPA, continuous improvement, lessons learned/operational experience, and risk management processes • Review quality-affecting procedures to ensure applicable QA requirements flow down • Review procurement specifications, requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, task orders, statements of work, and quality program requirements for QA flow-down • Perform internal audits of TerraPower QA policies, implementing procedures, and documentation • Mentor and train personnel on NRC quality assurance issues and licensing • Report directly to the Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement Manager • Travel up to 50% within the continental U.S.

🎯 Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in a technical discipline, business, management, or quality assurance field • 8 - 10 years’ experience in a nuclear (NRC, DOE) Quality Assurance function regulated environment by the USNRC • Current certification as NQA-1 Lead Auditor or an NRC vendor inspector, other industry recognized certification, or the ability to be certified within one year of hire • Experience with NRC 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, 10 CFR Part 21, ASME NQA-1-2015, and Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, Revision 5 • NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor (ATL) experience • Extensive experience with evaluation and qualification of NQA-1 commercial supply chain suppliers • Extensive experience applying a graded approach to quality from conceptual design through safety-related design and construction • Experience with industry codes, standards, and guides such as ASME, AWS, AISC, ASTM, EPRI, NEI, ISO, NEC, and IEEE is strongly desired • High degree of trust and integrity; open communication; respect; desire to foster teamwork • Ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds • Ability to travel 50% • Must satisfy U.S. Government export control review requirements; applicants may be asked to identify U.S. citizenship or national status, asylee/refugee status, or U.S. lawful permanent residency

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Compensation • Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments • Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits • Medical • Vision • Dental • 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

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