Lead Electrical Engineer – Nuclear Power, Equity & PTO

Valar Atomics Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Unlimited PTO

Free meals onsite

PPE stipend

Autonomy & ownership

Career growth

Collaborations with leaders

Job summary

Valar Atomics seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer to direct and grow the electrical engineering team and own delivery across reactor, fuel manufacturing, power generation, and power distribution. This player-coach role combines leadership with hands-on technical authority across LV, MV, and HV systems.

You will oversee generator integration, excitation, protection, interconnection, and grid interconnection requirements, setting the standard for safety and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in power generation, utility, process, or industrial projects.
• Proven experience leading an electrical engineering team.
• Experience building an engineering team through direct hiring (roles, recruitment, onboarding).
• Substantial power generation electrical experience including generator integration and interconnection requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build the electrical engineering team: define roles, recruit, onboard engineers.
• Lead day-to-day work, assign and prioritize tasks, review outputs, and develop engineers.
• Own resourcing: workload forecasting across reactor, manufacturing, power generation, and distribution.
• Establish discipline standards, documentation, and progression for staff and principals.
• Own electrical delivery across plant areas: studies, designs, specs, construction and commissioning support.
• Lead vendor engagement for major electrical packages.

Skills

Electrical engineering leadership

Power generation

LV/MV/HV design

Technical leadership

Project ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SKM Power Tools

ETAP

PSS/E

Job description

Valar Atomics seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer to direct and grow the electrical engineering team and own delivery across reactor, fuel manufacturing, power generation, and power distribution. This player-coach role combines leadership with hands-on technical authority across LV, MV, and HV systems.

You will oversee generator integration, excitation, protection, interconnection, and grid interconnection requirements, setting the standard for safety and reliability.