Nuclear Safety Manager

Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors.

Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

We are seeking a Nuclear Safety Manager to lead the development, implementation, and oversight of nuclear safety programs at the Aalo-X campus. Reporting to the Director of Nuclear Safety Engineering within the Nuclear Operations organization, this is a hands-on leadership role responsible for ensuring that Aalo's nuclear facilities operate within an approved safety basis, maintain compliance with DOE nuclear safety requirements, and uphold the highest standards of nuclear safety culture.

This is a working manager position — in addition to leading the nuclear safety team, you will personally perform and document safety analyses, USQ evaluations, and other core nuclear safety technical work.

The Nuclear Safety Manager will serve as the primary authority on safety basis documentation, unreviewed safety question processes, and nuclear facility hazard analysis. You will build and lead a team of nuclear safety professionals, interface directly with DOE and regulatory stakeholders, and play a central role in guiding Aalo through facility readiness assessments and operational approvals. This position requires deep expertise in DOE nuclear safety frameworks and the ability to both perform detailed technical safety work and translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, effective safety programs for a first-of-a-kind microreactor deployment.

• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of safety basis documents, including Documented Safety Analyses, Technical Safety Requirements, and supporting hazard and accident analyses.
• Personally author, review, and approve safety basis analyses, technical evaluations, and safety assessment documents.
• Manage the Unreviewed Safety Question program, ensuring all proposed changes to the facility, procedures, and operations are properly screened and evaluated in accordance with 10 CFR 830.
• Perform and document USQ screenings and evaluations, including serving as a subject matter expert reviewer for evaluations prepared by other team members.
• Serve as the senior nuclear safety authority for the Aalo-X campus, providing expert guidance on safety basis interpretation, implementation, and compliance.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of nuclear safety analysts and engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor, continuous improvement, and safety consciousness.
• Conduct hazard identification, categorization, and analysis activities, including consequence and likelihood assessments for nuclear facility operations.
• Direct the identification, classification, and functional requirements for safety-class and safety-significant structures, systems, and components.
• Interface with DOE field and headquarters organizations on safety basis submittals, approval processes, and regulatory interactions.
• Support facility readiness assessments, operational readiness reviews, and other startup authorization activities.
• Oversee the integration of nuclear safety requirements into facility design, construction, commissioning, and operations through coordination with engineering and project teams.
• Participate in facility walkdowns, design reviews, and operational assessments to verify implementation of safety basis requirements.
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