CVD TRISO Engineer — Equity & High-Impact Fuel Tech

Valar Atomics; Price (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership in a rapidly growing…

Unlimited PTO

Free daily lunch and dinner onsite

Generous PPE stipend

High-impact startup environment with a

Opportunities for rapid career growth

Direct collaboration with experienced…

Job summary

Valar Atomics seeks highly skilled Chemical Vapor Deposition Engineers to join our TRIOS manufacturing pilot line in Utah. You will own state-of-the-art CVD processing equipment, drive performance, troubleshoot, and optimize pilot-scale uranium processing systems in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

This full-time, on-site role requires rigorous attention to process capability, reliability, and safety.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with chemical vapor deposition.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Proven track record of engineering excellence.
• Strong knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, and mechanical systems fluidized beds and CVD coating.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to lead root cause investigations.
• Experience in production environment.
• Experience overseeing and mentoring a team.
• Excellent communication, technical documentation, and leadership skills.
• Willingness to relocate to Emery County, Utah.

Responsibilities

• System Ownership: Take ownership of fluidized bed/ chemical vapor deposition coater; ensuring alignment between performance targets, manufacturability, and cost.
• Procedure Improvement: Refine, validate, and continuously improve operating, maintenance, and troubleshooting procedures as the process transitions into production.
• Process & Safety Improvement: Build upon completed HAZOPs and existing safety analyses to improve operational robustness and production readiness.
• Engineering Improvement: Interpret existing engineering analyses and translate them into measurable improvements in process capability, reliability, and throughput.
• Development Execution: Develop detailed understanding and modeling of equipment operations and optimize output to meet stringent specifications.
• Yield Improvement: Improve yields and throughput time.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Drive QC lab analysis to maintain development goals, process yields, and improvement planning; own data management, retention, and reporting; and partner with other functions across engineering and management.
• Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA): Lead root-cause investigations and corrective action plans for failed or underperforming coater equipment, including coating defects, fluidization behavior, nozzle accretions, bed stagnation, and deposition variability.
• Supplier & Manufacturing Interface: Work closely with vendors to manage cost, timelines, manufacturing process selection, and quality control.
• Design Process Development: Contribute to the best internal practices for safety, documentation, and personnel management.

Skills

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Production experience

Industrial safety

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

HMI

PLC logic updates

CAD/PLM software

SPC

Job description

Valar Atomics seeks highly skilled Chemical Vapor Deposition Engineers to join our TRIOS manufacturing pilot line in Utah. You will own state-of-the-art CVD processing equipment, drive performance, troubleshoot, and optimize pilot-scale uranium processing systems in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

This full-time, on-site role requires rigorous attention to process capability, reliability, and safety.