Sodium-Air Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer

Title: Sodium-Air Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States
Job Type: Full-time | Allows Remote

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 isotopes. Terra Power is 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.

The Sodium‑Air Heat Exchanger (AHX) Lead Engineer reports to the Intermediate Air Cooling System Manager and is focused on AHX component design, analysis, its performance within the system, and vendor oversight. In this role, you will act as a design engineer for Terra Power's advanced nuclear reactor projects. The successful candidate will integrate and coordinate with engineers working on interfacing systems.

The AHX Lead Engineer will work as part of a high‑performing team of engineers and scientists.

• Design of fluid systems from development of requirements through final design and commissioning.
• Perform technical trade studies and decisions to refine system design.
• Oversee suppliers during development and fabrication of sodium processing, filtration, and monitoring equipment.
• Review component designs in the context of the greater system design to determine how detailed design of components impacts the greater system.
• Prepare system level engineering documentation including technical specifications and operations narratives.
• Review system documentation to anticipate and resolve system and plant level integration issues before they are realized.
• Support design reviews as system designs are established and refined.
• Develop and review technical design documents, such as System Design Descriptions, Interface Control Documents, Engineering Design Specifications, etc.
• Generate design packages for system designs including coordinating of calculations, design reports, drawings, and specifications.
• Interface with the design team to create and manage drawing packages of system designs, including but not limited to Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), 3‑D models, and system interface drawings.
• Interface with various design disciplines (such as mechanical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and nuclear) to identify and develop system design and performance criteria.
• Propose and initiate testing programs for system development and qualification.
• Provide support and oversight during test execution, evaluation of test results, and reporting of test results.