Nuclear Safety Engineer

Ocean Atomics • Bethesda, MD

1d • $110,000 - $240,000

About The Position

Owns the safety case and probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for a marine reactor and its supporting systems, demonstrating that the plant meets safety requirements across normal, off-normal, and accident conditions throughout the vessel's operating life. Beyond just analyzing, this role will iterate closely with the engineering team to establish the ideal architecture of systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nuclear, or mechanical (advanced degree preferred).
• Demonstrated experience developing safety cases and PRA for nuclear systems.
• Proficiency with PRA methods and tools (e.g., fault/event tree analysis, reliability data, SAPHIRE or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of nuclear safety standards and regulatory frameworks (NRC, IMO, naval, or international equivalents).
• Ability to work in compliance with U.S. export control laws, including potential need for DOE authorization for access to unclassified nuclear technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the safety case and supporting PRA models (event trees, fault trees, and risk quantification) for the reactor and associated ship systems.
• Actively use the PRA and underlying data to inform and optimize the engineering design of the overall system
• Identify initiating events and failure modes, perform hazard and accident analyses, and quantify risk to verify compliance with safety acceptance criteria.
• Support design reviews and trade studies, translating safety findings into requirements and design changes for the secondary and balance-of-plant systems.
• Maintain safety documentation and traceability through configuration changes, operational feedback, and as-built modifications.
• Interface with regulators, classification societies, and internal review boards, and prepare licensing and certification deliverables.

What This Job Offers

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