Vice President of Engineering

AMPERA INC•Palm Beach Gardens, FL

About The Position

AMPERA is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to build and lead the company’s engineering organization during a period of rapid growth and technology development. The Vice President of Engineering will be responsible for developing the engineering organization, processes, tools, governance systems, and technical capabilities required to deliver both AMPERA’s near-term commercial energy products and its long-term advanced nuclear reactor program. In the near term, the engineering organization is focused on development and commercialization of a compact supercritical CO₂ (sCO₂) power generation system, including advanced TPMS heat exchanger technology, integration of a natural gas-fired heat source, product testing, qualification, and manufacturing readiness. Over the longer term, the engineering organization will design and develop AMPERA’s advanced subcritical nuclear reactor system, including reactor core design, thermal hydraulics, safety analysis, materials engineering, structural engineering, instrumentation and controls, fuel development, and plant integration. The Vice President of Engineering will be responsible for building a world-class multidisciplinary engineering organization capable of supporting both objectives while establishing the systems, processes, and technical culture necessary for long-term success.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
15+ years of engineering leadership experience in complex technology development organizations.
Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Demonstrated success building and scaling engineering organizations.
Experience delivering complex hardware products from concept through testing and commercialization.
Strong understanding of engineering management systems, product development processes, and technical governance.
Experience managing engineering organizations through periods of rapid growth.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field.
Experience in nuclear energy, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, turbomachinery, power generation, defense systems, or similarly complex industries.
Experience establishing systems engineering organizations.
Experience implementing configuration management programs.
Experience with regulated industries and technical compliance environments.
Familiarity with reactor development, thermal systems, advanced energy systems, or power generation technologies.
Experience supporting qualification, certification, or licensing activities.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and develop AMPERA’s engineering organization.
Establish organizational structure, roles, responsibilities, and career development pathways.
Recruit and retain exceptional engineering talent.
Develop engineering leadership capability throughout the organization.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
Establish engineering resource plans aligned with company objectives.
Lead engineering execution for the Power Now Nuclear Later initiative.
Direct engineering activities associated with the supercritical CO₂ power conversion system.
Oversee development of advanced TPMS-based heat exchanger technology.
Lead integration of heat source, power conversion, controls, and balance-of-plant systems.
Support testing, qualification, certification, and manufacturing transition activities.
Establish and lead the engineering organization responsible for development of AMPERA’s advanced nuclear reactor technology.
Develop long-term technical roadmaps and capability plans.
Build engineering teams in reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, safety analysis, materials engineering, structural engineering, instrumentation and controls, fuel systems, and systems engineering.
Ensure alignment between near-term product development efforts and long-term reactor development objectives.
Establish formal systems engineering processes and practices.
Implement requirements management and traceability systems.
Develop engineering review and approval processes.
Establish design verification and validation methodologies.
Create engineering standards and technical governance structures.
Lead development of technical risk management processes.
Establish and maintain the company’s engineering configuration management program.
Implement engineering change control processes.
Establish engineering document control procedures.
Ensure traceability of requirements, designs, analyses, test results, and technical decisions.
Develop and maintain product lifecycle management practices and tools.
Create engineering baseline management processes supporting future licensing and regulatory activities.
Establish engineering tools, software platforms, and digital engineering environments.
Implement engineering data management systems.
Support development of testing, laboratory, and prototyping capabilities.
Lead selection and implementation of engineering design and analysis tools.
Partner with Program Management to ensure successful program execution.
Support Supply Chain in supplier selection, qualification, and technical oversight.
Support Manufacturing in design-for-manufacturing and production readiness activities.
Collaborate with Quality to establish engineering quality processes.
Support Commercial activities through customer engagement and technical presentations.