Lead Engineer – Advanced Nuclear
Location: Texas
About the role
Our client is an advanced nuclear energy organization in Texas. It’s hiring a Lead Engineer to provide senior technical leadership and oversight across reactor design, licensing, construction, and engineering activities. This role suits an experienced engineer with a background in nuclear, mechanical, chemical, or systems engineering who has worked in highly regulated environments.
You’ll act as a senior technical resource and independent reviewer, examining engineering calculations, designs, specifications, contractor submittals, and testing documentation. Your job is to make sure systems meet safety, regulatory, performance, constructability, and operability requirements. In the US, advanced reactor work of this kind typically involves NRC licensing under 10 CFR, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III for nuclear components, and quality assurance programs built on ASME NQA-1.
Quality and compliance run throughout the role. You’ll support QA programs, inspections, audits, readiness reviews, ASME certifications, and licensing activities. You’ll also keep clear records of technical decisions, design changes, engineering evaluations, and risk assessments.
You’ll coordinate technical work across engineering, regulatory, project management, contractors, and other stakeholders, identifying technical risks and leading efforts to resolve engineering and project issues. You’ll also help guide engineering priorities and project execution. Some proposal and grant development experience is useful too, as advanced nuclear organizations often pursue funding through programs such as those run by the US Department of Energy.
Main responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and independent review of reactor design, licensing, construction, and engineering activities
- Review engineering calculations, designs, specifications, contractor submittals, and testing documentation
- Ensure systems meet safety, regulatory, performance, constructability, and operability requirements
- Coordinate technical activities across engineering, regulatory, project management, contractors, and other stakeholders
- Identify technical risks and lead efforts to resolve engineering and project issues
- Support QA programs, inspections, audits, readiness reviews, ASME certifications, and licensing activities
- Maintain documentation of technical decisions, design changes, engineering evaluations, and risk assessments
- Serve as a senior technical resource and help guide engineering priorities and project execution
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in reactor design, construction, engineering oversight, or a related field
- Experience with technical reviews, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and multidisciplinary project coordination
- Familiarity with nuclear codes, standards, licensing requirements, and ASME requirements
- Strong technical judgment, leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across interdisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex technical issues and drive them to resolution
Nice to have:
- Master’s degree
- PE license or eligibility (strongly preferred)
- Advanced reactor, high-temperature systems, or nuclear technology experience
- Grant application or proposal development experience
The offer
- Based in Texas
- Senior technical leadership role in advanced nuclear energy
- Oversight across reactor design, licensing, and construction
This role suits a senior engineer with deep experience in regulated nuclear or high-temperature systems who wants to lead technical direction on an advanced reactor program. If that sounds like you, apply below.