Advanced Reactor Systems Engineer

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Ventus Solutions (VES)

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51 - 200 employees

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Defense • Healthcare • Logistics

Ventus Solutions (VES) is a veteran-owned company dedicated to providing innovative solutions that enhance organizational and business success. VES offers a range of services including technology innovation acceleration, business consulting, professional engineering, and program oversight, catering to both government and commercial clients. With expertise in defense, energy, and healthcare sectors, VES helps organizations solve complex problems through strategic planning and implementation. The company is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and is committed to employing talented individuals to help clients thrive in competitive environments.

📋 Description

• Serve as a primary technical interface for vendor-proposed microreactor and advanced reactor designs • Develop detailed familiarity with assigned systems • Provide clear, actionable technical assessments and recommendations to government leadership • Perform systems engineering and technical program management for FOAK reactor programs • Integrate designs and manage requirements • Conduct safety evaluations and technical risk assessments • Oversee technical vendors • Take complex and ambiguous technical challenges from identification through resolution with limited supervision • Coordinate across government organizations, external subject-matter experts, reactor design companies, and other stakeholders • Resolve technical issues and manage system interfaces • Track program performance and maintain program momentum • Support schedule tracking, risk management, technical performance monitoring, and issue resolution • Support travel to vendor sites, government facilities, test locations, and program meetings

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required • Active Secret Clearance preferred • Must be able to support travel to vendor sites, government facilities, test locations, and program meetings as required • Ability to work independently in a dynamic, high-visibility environment and manage multiple technical priorities with limited oversight • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering management, or a related technical field • Significant professional experience in nuclear power systems, naval nuclear propulsion, advanced reactor programs, or similarly complex high-reliability engineered systems • Demonstrated systems engineering and/or technical program management experience • Experience with requirements management, system integration, technical risk assessment, design evaluation, or related engineering activities • Experience interfacing with, overseeing, or managing technical vendors supporting complex engineered systems, capital equipment, or technology development programs • Demonstrated ability to independently take ownership of complex, ambiguous assignments and drive them to completion with minimal supervision • Ability to analyze complex technical information and develop clear, concise assessments, recommendations, briefings, and technical reports for senior government leadership • Experience coordinating across government organizations, industry partners, subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders to resolve technical issues and manage system interfaces • Ability to support program management activities including schedule tracking, risk management, technical performance monitoring, and issue resolution • Master’s degree in engineering, engineering management, nuclear engineering, or a related technical discipline (desired) • Direct experience with microreactor or advanced reactor design, integration, testing, or safety analysis (desired) • Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program experience, including Nuclear Power School, submarine nuclear operations, or land-based prototype/training reactor operations (desired) • Prior SETA, government technical support, or technical advisory experience, particularly supporting SCO, DARPA, or other rapid-capability organizations (desired) • Experience supporting transportation or accident scenario analyses, NEPA-related activities, or nuclear regulatory and safety frameworks (desired) • Experience leading cross-functional technical teams, managing technical escalations, or implementing process and organizational improvements (desired) • Experience with power production, power management, AC/DC electrical systems, industrial HVAC, semiconductor capital equipment, complex product support, or other high-reliability industrial systems (desired) • Experience briefing senior government, military, or industry leadership on complex technical programs (desired) • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex engineering concepts into actionable recommendations (desired)

🏖️ Benefits

• Work-life balance • Personal development • Competitive salaries • Comprehensive benefits • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Mentorship • Career development • Culture of continuous learning