Fire Protection Engineer — Nuclear Power Startup

Valar Atomics Inc.; Torrance, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 137,000; 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

Job summary

Valar Atomics Inc. seeks a Fire Protection Engineer to design, analyze, and implement fire protection systems for reactor facilities and supporting infrastructure.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to bring facilities from concept to production and ensure compliance with codes. The role involves performing material hazard analyses, supporting construction and commissioning activities, and contributing as a domain expert on fire protection across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in the design and construction of fire protection systems.

Responsibilities

• Supporting engineering design, analysis, calculations, and specifications for facility infrastructure fire and life safety systems.
• Develop building and fire code compliance documents and fire life safety designs for Valar office and reactor facilities.
• Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliance purposes, such as chemical classification, chemical quantity analysis, chemical inventory management, and related system design support.
• Support facility construction teams to develop field solutions.
• Support commissioning activities for reactor facility builds.
• Conduct fire/life safety code reviews and analyses.
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations.
• Review and comment on shop drawing design packages developed by contractors.

Skills

NFPA codes

FDS modeling

Autodesk Revit

OSHA compliance

P.E. license

NICET certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Autodesk Revit

FDS software modeling

Job description

Valar Atomics Inc. seeks a Fire Protection Engineer to design, analyze, and implement fire protection systems for reactor facilities and supporting infrastructure.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to bring facilities from concept to production and ensure compliance with codes. The role involves performing material hazard analyses, supporting construction and commissioning activities, and contributing as a domain expert on fire protection across the organization.