TFF Test Manager

Overview

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. The company works 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. Terra Power originated in 2006 with Bill Gates and a group of visionaries who recognized energy access as crucial to health and economic well-being.

Terra Power’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. The company’s activities span nuclear energy and related sciences to yield innovations in safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy, and medical applications for human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking highly motivated professionals focused on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and on influencing changes within the nuclear power landscape, including 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.

TFF Test Manager

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Equipment Qualification and Testing, the Sodium Test & Fill (TFF) Test Manager, located in Bellevue, WA or Everett, WA with regular travel to Kemmerer, WY expected or fully in Kemmerer, WY, is responsible for overseeing a team of test engineers and contractors tasked with conducting test and qualification activities for first-of-a-kind components (PSP, CRD, IVTM) in a high-temperature liquid sodium environment, ensuring technical challenges are resolved and that testing deliverables for the Natrium Demonstration Plant are completed safely and on time.

• Possession of a Safety-First mindset and approach to work.
• Own and drive the TFF test program to ensure accurate and complete test plans and procedures are developed to support project timelines.
• Coordinate and oversee a diverse test engineering team, including Terra Power employees, subcontracted resources, partner engineers and teams, and customers.
• Support test activities of mechanical equipment and components to the highest levels of safety and reliability. Demonstrate visible, continuous leadership in safety and quality.
• Ensure work process execution and technical adequacy within the group scope align with contract requirements, project standards, and industry standards.
• Interface with regulators, stakeholders, and customers on design, fabrication, and regulatory issues.
• Coordinate with interfacing project teams and other project support organizations to develop cohesive test strategies across organizational lines and ensure accurate hand-offs are executed.
• Provide technical direction and oversight of external test supplier activities, acting as the technical representative to ensure submittals meet project requirements.
• Provide engineering review and concurrence of the procurement strategy for select commodities and manage engineering interfaces to procurement activities.
• Support schedule development during project design cycles, budget cycles, and long-range planning.
• Monitor and report on the team’s performance against the schedule baseline and manage corrective actions for areas of underperformance; take proactive action to address negative trends and resolve conflicts in quality, priority, and forecast completion dates.
• Recommend an engineering staffing plan for the team using project management insights and skillset analysis; identify staff changes to meet long-range forecasts including attrition, new or changing requirements, or de-staffing.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and indoctrination of new engineers.
• Support employee development through mentoring, training, and challenging assignments within the program engineering efforts.
• Recognize the need for external subject matter experts and specialty resources and recommend obtaining them.
• Resolve priority conflicts with team…