Deputy Director of Engineering

Title: Deputy Director of Engineering

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States

Job Type: Full-time

Title: Deputy Director of Engineering, MCFR

Location: Bellevue, WA

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 act 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 based on 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 Aff…

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, LLC. is seeking a Deputy Director of Engineering to support the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program and the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). This position reports to the MCFR Director of Engineering. The role is a manager of managers position that centers on people management, process management, and project coordination beginning with the MCRE and evolving toward a MCFR commercial reactor conceptual design.

You'll collaborate with project leadership, non‑engineering support organizations, and engineering direct reports in a high‑performing, multi‑disciplinary environment to support delivery of high‑quality engineering products for the MCFR program. 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. This role requires a Washington PE license or ability to obtain one promptly.

Join us in this high impact engineering leadership role to help advance a first‑of‑a‑kind nuclear reactor towards commercial development.

• Plans and coordinates the work of the MCRE design organization Discipline Managers
• Ensures execution of MCRE project goals and objectives in accordance with overall organizational strategy
• Drives engineering talent management, training, qualification, mentorship and development
• Develops and executes staffing strategies for MCRE engineering in collaboration with Project Management and Discipline Managers Assist in the planning, monitoring, and updating of the engineering labor and external budget
• Acts as the hiring and recruiting point of contact for the engineering organization
• Acts as the Support Organization point of contact for the engineering organization
• Actively participates in and support the Corrective Action Program
• Demonstrates visible, continuous leadership in the areas of safety and quality
• Models and…