Engineer III-IV, Engineering Strategy

Job Overview

Engineer III/IV, Engineering Strategy & Operations plays a pivotal role in advancing small modular reactor development projects by proactively identifying and removing obstacles to ensure consistent progress toward key milestones.

• Identify, track, and proactively remove roadblocks across HTGR reactor development projects to maintain progress against critical timelines.
• Coordinate with technical leads, Engineering, Procurement, Business Development, Quality Assurance, and regulatory stakeholders to resolve cross-functional challenges.
• Develop and improve engineering processes, quality workflows, and standard operating procedures, as well as lessons learned and best practices.
• Create and maintain templates, procedures, work instructions, and quality documentation.
• Consolidate and distill complex technical information into concise, actionable intelligence for executive leadership.
• Work directly with Business Development and Licensing offices to promote relationship building internally and externally, such as in early discovery conversations to ensure credibility.
• Establish effective communication channels between technical teams internally and externally, ensuring alignment of priorities and resources.
• Lead cross‑functional initiatives through influence and relationship‑building rather than direct authority.
• Facilitate and assist in the assessment of customer needs and capture requirements and functions related to plant design including the nuclear island systems and conventional island systems.
• Create and maintain project documentation, decision matrices, and status reports for communication to leadership, the organization, or external partners and clients.
• Support change management processes when scope or requirements evolve.
• Develop and track performance metrics to measure project health and progress.
• Anticipate potential obstacles before they impact schedules and develop contingency plans.
• Always maintain a professional demeanor and behavior in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, preferably in mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil or other related discipline, or 5 years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Typically, five + years of experience in a role in Engineering or related field required for a level III. Typically, ten + years of experience in a role in Engineering or related field required for a level IV.
• Experience in engineering project environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Experience with project management methodologies.
• Experience in a customer‑facing or technical sales environment.

• Experience in start‑up engineering environments.
• Experience in R&D or business R&D.
• Experience with design and operation of mechanical systems including, but not limited to, steam, feedwater, or condensate systems.
• Experience in nuclear systems, nuclear fuel and fuel handling, mechanical material handling as well as helium process or gas purification systems (HSS).
• Technical proficiency in fundamentals of mechanical design for structural and fluidic components, mechanisms, or manufacturing & processing equipment.
• Experience with auxiliary feedwater or complex component cooling systems.
• Possess technical experience and proven understanding in radiation shielding design and analysis; criticality safety; reactor analysis; reactor physics, fuel analysis; nuclear materials and chemistry; special nuclear materials safeguards, security, and accountability; or analysis of small modular reactors.
• Familiarity with NRC Regulations, Codes, and Standards, as well as ASME, NQA-1, NEI, and DOE/DOD industry standards.
• Knowledge of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, NQA-1, ASME Section III & VIII, ISO 9001, NEI 18-04, and 10 CFR 21.

Location:

530 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD

Work Site Expectations: 4‑5 days in office.

Travel Expectations:
Up to 10% as needed for project assignment.

Hours:

Standard office hours are 8:00am-5:00pm ET, Monday‑Friday.

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