Manager, Core Component Manufacturing

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.

The Core Components Fabrication Manager will oversee work scopes regarding the fabrication of core components and non-fuel assemblies. Additionally, this role will manage the shipping of the Natrium assemblies and associated shipping package design, development, licensing, and fabrication activities. The Core Components Fabrication Manager will interface extensively with the Natrium Fuel Design and Supply leadership team to ensure proper integration between functional areas to support on-time fuel load.

• Lead procurement and technical sourcing of safety-critical mechanical hardware for the reactor core, including structural components, internals, and custom fabricated assemblies.
• Translate reactor design requirements, specifications, and drawings into executable procurement packages, including bills of materials, material specifications, quality clauses, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop, document, and maintain manufacturing, procurement, and quality procedures. This includes work instructions, supplier process specifications, inspection and test plans, and acceptance criteria, to ensure consistent execution, regulatory compliance, and full traceability to core mechanical hardware.
• Build and scale the manufacturing engineering organization by defining roles and competencies, recruiting and onboarding engineers, and developing team capabilities to support increasing reactor hardware procurement and production demands.
• Partner with design engineering, nuclear safety, quality assurance, and licensing teams to ensure procured hardware meets functional, regulatory, and code requirements, including ASME, ASTM, and nuclear quality standards.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for long-lead and technically complex components to support prototype, test, and production reactor builds.
• Evaluate and qualify suppliers based on manufacturing capability, technical competence, quality systems, schedule performance, and nuclear pedigree.
• Lead supplier technical reviews, request-for-quotation (RFQ) development, bid evaluations, and source selection decisions.
• Support negotiation on technical and commercial terms with suppliers to achieve cost, schedule, and performance objectives while maintaining strict quality requirements.
• Manage supplier execution from purchase order through first article inspection, manufacturing surveillance, final acceptance, and on-site delivery.
• Resolve manufacturing…