Senior Engineering Technician (TPI)

TerraPower•Everett, WA

About The Position

The Senior Engineering Technician reports to the Manager, Equipment Services Engineering and serves as a senior technical resource and hands-on leader supporting the installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and reliability of TerraPower Isotopes’ production equipment and facility systems. The role supports a growing radiopharmaceutical manufacturing operation involving hot cells, gloveboxes, remote-handling equipment, instrumentation, utilities, and specialized systems operating under rigorous radiological safety and quality controls. As TPI expands its production capabilities, this individual will help build and develop the equipment maintenance team, establish effective maintenance practices, and improve equipment reliability. The successful candidate will bring extensive hands-on technical experience, strong troubleshooting skills, practical engineering judgment, and the ability to recruit, mentor, and lead technicians. The position offers an opportunity to help shape a growing maintenance organization supporting production of medical radioisotopes.

Requirements

Associate degree or equivalent postsecondary technical training in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, electronics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent combinations of relevant education, military training, and industrial experience will be considered.
Ten or more years of industrial maintenance, equipment service, or test engineering experience.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentoring technicians, coordinating maintenance activities, or leading small technical teams.
Strong practical knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, electromechanical, and instrumentation systems, including industrial controls and troubleshooting methods.
Experience reading and interpreting mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, piping and instrumentation diagrams, equipment specifications, and technical manuals.
Familiarity with preventive maintenance programs, maintenance planning, equipment reliability practices, and technical documentation systems.
Ability to work safely in chemical and radiological environments, meet applicable training and qualification requirements, and use required personal protective equipment, including laboratory gloves, eye protection, and occasional Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs).
Strong technical judgment, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, and technical teams.
Willingness to support flexible work schedules, including occasional evenings or weekends, as needed to meet production and facility needs.
Ability to perform or tolerate the stated job functions, with or without accommodation, including extended sitting, bending or stooping, grasping or gripping, fine motor work, prolonged repetitive work, visually and audio-focused work, stairs, keyboard use, and a standard or seated work environment exceeding eight hours per day.
Ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
High standards of safety, technical excellence, integrity, and teamwork, with initiative and leadership ability to help build a capable, disciplined, high-performing maintenance organization.

Nice To Haves

Nuclear or radiopharmaceutical experience is highly desired.
Experience in nuclear, radiopharmaceutical, radiological, or similarly demanding industrial environments is highly desirable.
Experience with hot cells, gloveboxes, remote-handling systems, or radiological containment equipment is particularly valuable.
Experience working in regulated environments requiring disciplined conduct of work, controlled procedures, quality documentation, and rigorous safety practices is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on production and facility equipment, including hot cells, gloveboxes, manipulators, transfer systems, process equipment, instrumentation, and supporting utilities.
Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and instrumentation failures using systematic troubleshooting methods, technical drawings, and engineering principles.
Coordinate equipment repairs, post-maintenance testing, and return-to-service activities to restore equipment safely and minimize production interruptions.
Support recruitment, onboarding, qualification, and development of maintenance technicians.
Provide hands-on technical direction, coaching, and mentoring to technicians.
Lead daily maintenance activities, establish work priorities, and coordinate personnel and resources with engineering, operations, and other supporting organizations.
Help establish and improve preventive maintenance programs, maintenance procedures, equipment records, work planning practices, and critical spare-parts strategies.
Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, modifications, and technical improvements associated with facility expansion and production growth.
Identify recurring equipment problems, participate in investigations and root-cause analyses, and implement improvements to equipment reliability, maintainability, and operational readiness.
Lead and perform maintenance activities in accordance with radiological protection requirements, ALARA principles, approved work controls, and applicable cGMP practices.
Ensure maintenance activities are planned, executed, tested, and documented using approved procedures, work instructions, technical records, and quality requirements.
Coordinate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Radiation Protection, and external service providers to ensure maintenance is safely controlled and integrated with production requirements.