Director of Maritime Technical

Ocean Atomics

1d • $220,000 - $276,000

About The Position

The Director of Maritime Technical is the technical authority for Ocean Atomics' maritime engineering, owning the structural, machinery, electrical, and auxiliary systems architecture across every marine product line. While policy, workforce, and infrastructure secure the legal and physical pathways, this role defines how vessels are engineered to carry our nuclear electric plant. Leading the Maritime Technical Division—including the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering domains—you translate core intellectual property and reactor integration requirements into a standardized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that codifies each design for shipyard fabrication. You direct fast-moving design iterations, guide the Principal Naval Architect and Principal Marine Engineer, and set the design criteria that clear classification society and flag state review. This is the role that turns a novel plant-integration concept into buildable maritime assets, and establishes the technical basis every vessel that carries our plant is engineered against—so nuclear energy can scale at sea. The ideal candidate holds engineering discipline as the foundation of trust while still compressing the design cycle, and treats intense technical friction as collaborative problem-solving rather than a contest of authority.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related heavy-industry engineering discipline.
• Track record of directing multi-disciplinary engineering organizations from concept through buildable marine assets. Typically built over 15+ years of engineering leadership in large-scale commercial shipbuilding, offshore energy, or first-of-a-kind (FOAK) marine platform programs. Depth of experience, program complexity, and successful leadership of major marine programs is valued above years of experience.
• Proven ability to translate complex, high-stakes technical designs into standardized, fabrication-ready packages.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience leading engineering teams through classification society (ABS, LR, etc.) and flag state (USCG, etc.) review.
• International regulatory experience (IMO, foreign flag states).
• Track record of building and scaling engineering teams from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for the vessels that carry Ocean Atomics' nuclear electric plant — the structural, machinery, electrical, and auxiliary systems architecture across all marine product lines.
• Direct the translation of core intellectual property and reactor integration requirements into a standardized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that codifies each design for shipyard fabrication.
• Guide the Principal Naval Architect and Principal Marine Engineer, coordinating specialized engineering leads across the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering domains.
• Run the design loops, trade studies, and engineering sprints that mature early concepts into submission-ready packages for critical design reviews.
• Standardize design criteria across disciplines to clear classification society (ABS, LR, etc.) and flag state (USCG, etc.) review, while helping shape international regulatory.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director