TFF Test Manager

TerraPower. • Bellevue, WA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.” TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical or related discipline from an accredited university and 8+ years direct experience with proven mechanical systems skills.
• 8+ years in a combined technical leadership role with leading performance of technical scope and/or additional manager responsibilities.
• Experience managing a test lab and test team is required.
• Prior experience developing first-of-a-kind test procedures and plans is required.
• Experience working to quality standard, such as ASME NQA-1.
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in oversight of supplier and subcontractor organizations in an engineering environment.
• Demonstrated diverse and robust experience in test of complex mechanical components and equipment in high temperature and multi-discipline integration.
• Exceptional communication skills to integrate with a geographically and organizationally diverse engineering team are required.
• Ability to manage numerous competing priorities concurrently during a given work week and work with minimal direction to solve multi-disciplinary problems.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
• This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1.
• Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required.
• Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with high temperature alkali metal is highly desired.
• Nuclear design experience preferred but not required
• Previous experience with nuclear mechanical components, nuclear reactor equipment, or similar design is highly desired.
• Proficient knowledge and experience with nuclear quality fabrication, construction, and lifecycle management processes (including In-Service Inspection, material surveillance, vibration programs, equipment qualification programs, etc), and similar skills highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Possession of a Safety-First mindset and approach to work.
• Own and drive the TFF test program to ensure accurate and complete test plans and procedures are developed to support project timelines.
• Responsible for coordination and oversight of a diverse test engineering team. The team members include TerraPower employees, subcontracted resources, partner engineers and teams, and customers.
• Support test activities of mechanical equipment and components to the highest levels of safety and reliability.
• Demonstrate visible, continuous leadership in the areas of safety and quality.
• Ensure that work process execution and technical adequacy within the group scope are in accordance with contract requirements, project standards, and industry standards.
• Interface with regulators, stakeholders, and customers on design, fabrication, and regulatory issues.
• Coordinate with interfacing project teams and other project support organizations to develop cohesive test strategies across organizational lines and ensure accurate and complete hand-offs are executed.
• Provide technical direction and oversight of external test supplier activities, working with or as the technical representative to ensure delivery of submittals to project requirements.
• Provide engineering review and concurrence of the procurement strategy for select commodities.
• Manage engineering interfaces to procurement activities.
• Support schedule development efforts during project design phase cycles, budget cycles, and long-range planning development.
• Monitor and report on the team’s performance against the schedule baseline and manage corrective actions to areas of underperformance.
• Take proactive action to correct negative trends and resolve conflicts in quality, priority, and forecast completion dates.
• Recommend engineering staffing plan for the team using input from project management insights and team skillset analysis.
• Identify staff changes to meet long range forecasts including replacements due to attrition, new or changing requirements, de-staffing, etc.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding, and indoctrination of new engineers.
• Support employee development through mentoring, training, and challenging assignments within the specific program engineering efforts as assigned.
• Recognize the need and recommend obtaining external subject matter experts and specialty resources.
• Resolve priority conflicts in conjunction with team leadership when issues arise that compete for resources.
• Elevate those that cannot be resolved to the Senior Manager level.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Life and Disability
• Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

What This Job Offers

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