Simulator and Training Lead - Nuclear

The ocean is the largest undeveloped frontier on earth — and the next chapter of abundant energy will be written 're building the infrastructure to power it.

Ocean Atomics is an American company designing, licensing, and assembling a standardized nuclear electric power plant and the surrounding support systems for maritime applications. We will install these plants on any vessel built to our nuclear-ready standards, and will provide end-to-end sustainment in our planned nuclear lifecycle dockyard. We will help develop the licensed operators to unlock this new capability for your energy intensive application  move fast and to lead the creation of this new market, we are leveraging the compact, proven systems enabled by water-cooled reactors.

Scale nuclear energy. Power generations.

A maritime commons thriving with abundant, economical, modern, and safe nuclear-powered activity — built, serviced, and staffed by re-industrialized American shipyards and people.

The Simulator and Training Lead is responsible for the development, validation, and sustained integrity of the nuclear training program and of the simulation products that support it. Additionally, this role supports the development of the engineering simulator by heavily coordinating with the design organization to perform iterative design of control systems. The role spans training needs analysis through course design, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement, with full ownership of the simulator scope, task and classroom simulation products, and the configuration control that keeps them faithful to the plant as the design evolves.

The successful candidate will apply the Systematic Approach to Training to build structured learning and qualification pathways for operations, maintenance, and engineering personnel; establish and defend program compliance against nuclear quality standards, regulatory requirements, and industry benchmarks; serve as the primary technical representative of the training and simulator programs during internal and external audits; lead the resolution of findings through formal corrective action;

and closely coordinate with the I&C design. This is a senior role combining hands‑on technical leadership with heavy interface with the design organization, and it carries the expectation of technical leadership across instructors, instructional designers, and subject matter experts.

Simulator Development and Configuration Control

• Lead the development, procurement, and acceptance of simulation products, including the full‑scope control room simulator, part‑task simulators, and classroom and computer‑based tools.

• Coordinate with I&C engineering to help drive operations considerations in the control system design and perform iterative design.

• Define simulator scope, functional requirements, and fidelity requirements from plant design data, and manage the simulator design data package as the plant design matures.

• Validate simulator performance against reference plant data and analysis, and lead benchmark, performance, and operability testing.

• Develop and maintain the scenario and malfunction library covering normal operation, abnormal events, and design basis and beyond‑design‑basis conditions.

• Maintain simulator configuration control as design changes and plant modifications are issued, operate the deficiency reporting and tracking process, evaluate deficiencies for training and examination impact, and sustain the periodic testing and re‑validation required to keep the simulator qualified for use.

Training Program Design and Delivery

• Perform training needs assessments and job and task analyses, and translate design, operational, and regulatory inputs into training requirements.

• Apply SAT methodology to design structured learning pathways, develop course materials and examinations, and continuously update content against plant and program change.

• Establish and maintain personnel qualification structures for operations, maintenance, engineering, and technical support positions, and administer qualification and proficiency programs.

• Deliver or direct instruction…