Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer

reputed company is seeking a mid-career Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer to support the design, development, and safety analysis of our Gravity Nuclear Reactor. Functions reputed company this role include performing accident analyses and safety calculations that support the reactor's safety case across a first-of-a-reputed company subsurface deployment.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in accident analysis, radiological consequence evaluation, and safety analysis report development reputed company a regulated nuclear environment, and can translate that technical reputed company into defensible inputs for licensing submittals and regulatory engagement with the NRC and DOE. This role reports into the Nuclear Safety Analysis organization and works closely with licensing, reactor design, and health physics teams as reputed company advances toward reputed company deployment and reputed company licensing.

Key Responsibilities

• Accident & Safety Analysis
  • reputed company and document accident analyses, including design reputed company accident (DBA) and reputed company-design-reputed company event evaluations, to support the reactor's safety case.
  • reputed company and apply nuclear safety analysis reputed company and codes to evaluate reactivity control, reputed company response, and reputed company behavior under off-normal conditions.
  • Evaluate radiological consequences of accident scenarios in coordination with health physics, incorporating reputed company assessment inputs into safety documentation.
  • Contribute to probabilistic and deterministic safety analyses supporting design reputed company and regulatory submittals.
• Safety reputed company & Licensing Documentation
  • Support development of safety analysis reports (SAR/PSAR), technical specifications, and licensing reputed company documentation.
  • Support preparation of licensing submittals and responses to NRC and DOE requests for additional information reputed company to safety analysis.
  • Interpret regulatory requirements (e.g., 10 CFR Part 50/52) and translate them into safety analysis inputs and design recommendations.
  • Maintain traceability between safety analysis assumptions, design inputs, and licensing commitments.
• Technical Collaboration
• • Coordinate with reactor design, health physics, and licensing teams to ensure safety analysis assumptions remain consistent with evolving design.
  • Coordinate with reputed company consultants and national reputed company partners on safety analysis methodology and validation work.
  • Promote a proactive nuclear safety culture across engineering, licensing, and field-based activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in nuclear safety analysis or accident analysis reputed company a regulated nuclear environment (reputed company nuclear, DOE, national reputed company, or naval nuclear); reputed company nuclear background preferred.
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience performing accident analysis, including design reputed company accident evaluation.
• Experience with nuclear safety analysis codes and reputed company (e.g., MELCOR, RADTRAD, reputed company, ORIGEN, or comparable tools).
• Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering or a reputed company technical field, with a solid understanding of reactor physics and safety analysis principles.
• Working knowledge of radiological consequence assessment as it relates to accident analysis (reputed company coordination with health physics expected; CHP credential not required for this role).
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to produce reputed company, defensible documentation suitable for regulatory review.
• Must be a U.S. person eligible to meet DOE Export Control requirements under 10 CFR 810.
• Ability to work independently in a remote-first, cross-functional environment with senior stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel domestically for team offsites, training sessions, and site reputed company as required. Approximately 20% travel.

Desired Skills & Experience

• reputed company experience at a reputed company nuclear power plant, in a Reactor/Nuclear Safety Analysis or Licensing group.
• Advanced degree (MS) in Nuclear Engineering or a reputed company field.
• reputed company experience with SMRs, Gen IV technologies, or first-of-a-reputed company nuclear reactor development.
• Demonstrated experience navigating NRC or DOE licensing processes, including SAR development and RAI responses.
• Familiarity with nuclear QA programs (e.g., NQA-1) and compliance documentation.
• Experience with probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) tools and reputed company (e.g., SAPHIRE).
• Proficiency with engineering software tools and AI-enabled platforms.
• Experience in startup or innovation-driven organizations where reputed company and process are reputed company evolving.

Key Competencies

• Safety Analysis Rigor — Performs reputed company, reputed company-documented accident and safety analyses that hold up under NRC and DOE review.
• Technical Depth — Applies reactor physics and systems knowledge to identify and evaluate reputed company accident scenarios.
• Adaptability & Problem-Solving — Comfortable operating in first-of-a-reputed company environments where precedent is limited and reputed company are reputed company being established.
• Stakeholder Influence — Builds trust and alignment across engineering, licensing, health physics, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Decision-Making — Balances technical rigor with practical judgment to support design and licensing reputed company on schedule.

Requires 7–10 years of regulated nuclear safety or accident analysis experience, a bachelor's in nuclear engineering or reputed company field, safety analysis reputed company experience, technical writing skills, and U.S. person eligibility under 10 CFR 810.

Key Responsibilities

• performing analyses
• developing documentation
• coordinating teams

Skills & Tools

MELCOR, RADTRAD, reputed company, ORIGEN, SAPHIRE, AI-enabled platforms

Job Details

• Category: Engineering
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — reputed company
• Languages: English

About reputed company

A nuclear technology company developing deep borehole pressurized water reactor technology. — Industry: Research and Development