MCFR Senior Pipe Stress Engineer

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like‑minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well‑being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward‑thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isot an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

In addition, as a federal contractor, Terra Power has instituted an affirmative action plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Terra Power’s Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program is commercializing the technology to operate a fast spectrum, chloride salt cooled molten salt reactor. The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) is slated to be the first liquid‑fueled, fast spectrum reactor built and operated, and will be constructed at Idaho National Laboratory.

Terra Power is seeking a Senior Pipe Stress Engineer to support the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program and the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). This position reports to the Mechanical Design Discipline Manager. The role centers on performing ASME B31.3 piping analysis for MCRE detailed design and evolving toward defining MCFR Demonstration Reactor piping systems. You’ll collaborate with System Design, plant designers, structural engineers, and equipment owners in a high-performing, multi‑disciplinary environment to deliver a rigorous piping design and analysis package that is ready for turnover to an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company.

This role is hybrid with on‑site at least four days per week. The ability to be physically present at our Bellevue, WA headquarters is a requirement. A Washington PE license or ability to obtain one promptly is preferred.

Join us in this mechanical design role to help advance a first‑of‑a‑kind nuclear reactor towards commercial development.

• Perform ASME B31.3 piping analysis using AutoPIPE, including documentation compliant with Terra Power’s NQA-1 program.
• Work closely with plant designers and structural engineers to define piping layout and pipe supports and to integrate piping designs into the overall project.
• Engage with vendors to select pipe supports.
• Check analysis packages completed by others.
• Support procurement activities including reviews of supplier designs and deliverables.
• Perform and support analyses of other mechanical components and structures as needed.

• PE license in Washington or ability to obtain one promptly is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or other relevant program from an accredited university and 6 years of relevant experience for level 10, or 10 years of relevant experience for level 11.…