Applied AI Engineering Manager — Nuclear Tech

General Matter, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Comprehensive health plan

Job summary

General Matter seeks an experienced Applied AI lead to shape how AI-first engineering is done in a nuclear-focused company. You will lead a growing team, define priorities, and stay hands-on in architecture and problem solving across licensing, safety, design, and manufacturing.

Expect heavy collaboration and rapid, impact-driven work on critical workflows. The role prioritizes heads-down coding with leadership, strong Python and AI toolkit skills, and a track record of delivering AI-powered

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering or applied AI experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing, mentoring, or growing software or applied AI engineers.
• Demonstrated experience building and shipping software using LLMs, AI agents, or other modern AI techniques.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python.
• BS or higher in engineering, physics, chemistry, applied math, computer science, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Applied AI team: Hire, develop, and retain engineers while setting a high technical bar.
• Own technical direction and prioritization: Identify the highest-leverage engineering problems and decide where the team should invest its time.
• Stay hands-on: Review architecture, solve difficult technical problems, and contribute to implementation when appropriate.
• Partner with engineering teams across General Matter: Work directly with licensing, safety, design, manufacturing, and other technical teams to understand their workflows and identify opportunities for AI‑driven leverage.
• Build scalable engineering practices: Establish the processes for project selection, prototyping, evaluation, and production handoff that allow the team to grow without losing speed.
• Represent Applied AI across the company: Communicate technical direction, progress, and tradeoffs to company leadership and cross‑functional partners.

Skills

LLMs and AI agents

Python

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Architecture review

Education

BS or higher in engineering/physics/chemistry/applied math/CS

Tools

AI tooling

Job description

General Matter seeks an experienced Applied AI lead to shape how AI-first engineering is done in a nuclear-focused company. You will lead a growing team, define priorities, and stay hands-on in architecture and problem solving across licensing, safety, design, and manufacturing.

Expect heavy collaboration and rapid, impact-driven work on critical workflows. The role prioritizes heads-down coding with leadership, strong Python and AI toolkit skills, and a track record of delivering AI-powered