📍 Location: Remote
🕒 Full-Time, Exempt
Salary Range: $80,000-$240,000
The Role
We are seeking a Nuclear Licensing Engineer to support the deployment of new nuclear facilities across multiple projects and client environments from new reactors design, uranium enrichment, operating reactor upgrades, and novel nuclear facilities under DOE , NRC, and international regulatory frameworks.
What You’ll Do
Generate licensing documentation and regulatory strategies for startup conceptual design, active construction, and operating nuclear facilities. Research regulatory precedents and collaborate with engineering teams to iterate the design of nuclear facilities. Travel to support DOE, NRC, and international regulator meetings up to 25%.
This role may involve early site permitting, national environmental protection act (NEPA), final safety analysis report (FSAR), and topical report generation in the areas of safety analysis, engineered safety features, exemptions, radiological protection, primary components, electrical, I&C, meteorological & site data, auxiliary systems, inspections, tests, surveillances, technical specifications, probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), in-service testing, integrated safety analysis (ISA), etc. Applicants capable of doing a larger percentage of these inter-related tasks to accomplish complex licensing projects independently will be given priority.
Qualifications
BS, MS, or PhD in Nuclear Engineering, Health Physics, legal, or related field
One year of adjacent experience through an internship in licensing or an engineering role that interfaced heavily with DOE, NRC, or other highly regulated environment is sufficient for junior level. 15+ years of experience in regulatory affairs related roles for nuclear projects is required for senior and executive level range of the pay band.
Experience with light water reactor or advanced reactor designs is strongly preferred, but accelerator or other nuclear facility experience may be considered.
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Why This Role
Exposure to multiple novel reactor programs and technologies.
Opportunity to impact economic, safety, and licensing from early design onward.
Competitive compensation and strong benefits