TFF Test Manager

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.

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 as they arise and ensuring the safe and on‑time completion of testing deliverables for the Natrium Demonstration Plant.

• 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.
• Responsible for coordination and oversight of a diverse test engineering team. The team members include 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 the areas of safety and quality.
• Ensure that work process execution and technical adequacy within the group scope are in accordance 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 and complete hand‑offs are executed.
• Provide technical direction and oversight of external test supplier activities, working with or as the technical representative to ensure delivery of submittals to project requirements.
• Provide engineering review and concurrence of the procurement strategy for select commodities. Manage engineering interfaces to procurement activities.
• Support schedule development efforts during project design phase cycles, budget cycles, and long‑range planning development.
• Monitor and report on the team’s performance against the schedule baseline and manage corrective actions to areas of underperformance. Take proactive action to correct negative trends and resolve conflicts in quality, priority, and forecast completion dates.
• Recommend engineering staffing plan for the team…