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Manager, Plant Design Products

TerraPower·Bellevue, Washington, United States·Posted July 2026
Nuclear industryUS only

About this role

Manager of Plant Design Integration leading a geographically diverse team to develop integrated nuclear island and plant-level design deliverables for TerraPower's Natrium advanced reactor. Combines personnel management, project oversight, and technical leadership focused on plant architecture, system integration, and NRC licensing alignment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead geographically diverse team and partner design organizations to develop integrated nuclear island and plant-level design deliverables with focus on plant architecture, technical leadership, and cross-discipline alignment
  • Lead development and communication of plant architecture including system interactions, functional allocations, interfaces, and design/analysis assumptions
  • Lead team developing plant-level integration deliverables such as plans, strategies, design basis documents, and plant design specifications in collaboration with engineering, licensing, safety analysis, and PRA teams
  • Provide leadership and mentorship to the Plant Design Products team and support development of integration engineering capabilities
  • Facilitate technical integration reviews, configuration discussions, and architecture strategy sessions across multiple disciplines
  • Lead multi-discipline technical issue resolution affecting major plant systems decisions
  • Ensure alignment of plant architecture and design documentation with the Licensing Modernization Process (LMP) including risk-informed categorization and defense-in-depth evaluations
  • Manage Design Integration team staffing, schedules, deliverable scoping, planning and performance
  • Provide personnel management, professional development, mentoring, and hiring support

Qualifications

  • BS degree in engineering (nuclear, mechanical, chemical, or electrical)
  • 10+ years of nuclear engineering experience
  • 2+ years of previous supervisory or mentoring experience or equivalent people leadership experience
  • Experience in multi-discipline engineering leadership and plant architecture
  • Knowledge of NRC/DOE regulations and risk-informed licensing approaches

Desired

  • Experience with PRA, safety analysis, and high temperature systems
  • Experience with ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001
  • Ability to manage numerous competing priorities concurrently and work with minimal direction to solve multi-disciplinary problems
  • High degree of trust and integrity with open communication and desire to foster teamwork

Location

Onsite; 0–10% travel; work conditions include extended sitting (>8 hours/day), visual and audio focused work, minimal physical exertion with ability to lift up to 25 lbs, typing/keyboard work

Job details

FieldAdministrative
Salary$168k–$252k/yr
LocationBellevue, Washington, United States
IndustryNuclear energy
PostedJul 2026

Skills & Tools

Nuclear EngineeringPlant ArchitectureNRC RegulationsPRARisk-informed DesignLMP

About the company

TerraPower

A nuclear innovation company founded by Bill Gates, building the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor and advancing medical isotope production.

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