Nuclear Safety Analysis Manager

Come join us at Terrestrial Energy, a US developer of advanced, Generation IV nuclear reactors. We are growing our workforce to develop and deploy our Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) small modular nuclear plant to provide cost-competitive, clean firm heat and power to industry.

The Company has recently completed a merger creating a publicly listed operating company (NASDAQ “IMSR”), to secure the capital resources for our next growth phase. With the current alignment of US Federal and State government, as well as industry interest in Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and advanced reactor technologies such as Terrestrial Energy’s IMSR, there is today a unique and compelling opportunity to participate in the execution of the company’s growth business plan.

The Company is building a team of high-performing business professionals and leaders in engineering, R&D, product management and business development areas at our Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters and future project sites. We are looking for talented individuals who can help build the organization, processes, and goal-orientated corporate culture to lead the company in our expansion. We are seeking people who:

• Have US market experience and perspectives bringing good judgement and innovative approaches to problem solving and business plan execution.
• Have demonstrated exceptional performance in past engineering projects.
• Offer exceptional leadership and team building capabilities.
• Have a deep understanding of the requirements for advanced reactor development.
• Can assist in the creation of the discipline and organized company structure, and contributed to a culture of excellence, necessary for the development and deployment of the Company’s IMSR plant.
• Can thrive in a fast growing business environment, and are capable of flexibility and adaptability at a time of organizational change.
• Have the specific skillset and experience for the following role:

The Safety Manager, under the direction of the Engineering Director, is primarily responsible for leading and building our safety analysis team, establishing and growing a world-class safety analysis organization while managing all aspects of safety analysis and supporting regulatory compliance and licensing activities for the development and deployment of our IMSR technology. The successful candidate will recruit, develop, and lead a team of safety engineers and analysts, collaborate closely with the design and licensing teams, and ensure the safety case for our advanced reactor design meets all regulatory requirements and demonstrates the inherent safety features of our technology.

Other responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Safety Analysis Engineers, Safety Analysts, and Specialists
• Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and manage workload across multiple projects
• Conduct performance evaluations and support professional development of team members
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, safety consciousness, and continuous improvement
• Recruit and build a high‑performing safety analysis team
• Establish and maintain safety analysis standards, procedures, and best practices
• Manage departmental budget and resource planning

• Oversee deterministic and probabilistic safety analyses for the IMSR design
• Direct the development and analysis of Design Basis Accidents (DBAs) and Beyond Design Basis Accidents (BDBAs)
• Ensure comprehensive transient and accident analyses using thermal‑hydraulic and neutronics codes
• Oversee evaluation of plant response to postulated initiating events
• Manage assessment of safety systems and engineered safety features performance
• Direct dose consequence and radiological release scenario analyses
• Oversee sensitivity and uncertainty analyses programs
• Ensure integration of safety analyses across multiple engineering project teams

• Prepare safety analysis chapters for licensing documentation including Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) and Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) for NRC/CNSC licensing
• Oversee development of DOE‑required safety analyses including Preliminary…