Maritime Nuclear Integration Engineer

Ocean Atomics; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Atomics is seeking a Nuclear Shipyard Integration Engineer to define interfaces between the reactor plant and the host platform, ensuring buildability, installation, and refueling within shipyard constraints. You will develop fuel handling concepts and coordinate across construction, operation, and refueling stages.

The role requires strong mechanical integration knowledge, shipyard experience, and ability to govern interface control documents across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience defining and managing interfaces between a major system and its host structure or platform.
• Strong understanding of mechanical integration foundations, hull/bulkhead penetrations, tolerance stack-up, thermal growth, and shock/vibration in a marine environment.
• Familiarity with shipyard construction methods, modular build, installation sequencing, and heavy lift/rigging.
• Ability to own interface control documentation and coordinate across reactor, naval architecture, and shipyard trades.
• Working knowledge of CAD/PLM and dimensional management tools.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and own the physical and functional interfaces between the reactor plant and the ship and shipyard.
• Develop and maintain interface control documents and drive their resolution across disciplines.
• Design the fuel handling arrangement and equipment interfaces, access, transfer paths, active cooling, lift points, and refueling/defueling sequences.
• Support modularization, installation sequencing, alignment, and foundation design to ensure the plant can be built and installed.
• Coordinate with reactor, systems, and structural teams to confirm constructability and maintainability.
• Provide integration inputs to build, test, and commissioning teams.

Skills

Interface management

Mechanical integration

Marine engineering knowledge

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, or Nuclear Engineering

Tools

CAD/PLM

Dimensional management tools

Job description

Ocean Atomics is seeking a Nuclear Shipyard Integration Engineer to define interfaces between the reactor plant and the host platform, ensuring buildability, installation, and refueling within shipyard constraints. You will develop fuel handling concepts and coordinate across construction, operation, and refueling stages.

The role requires strong mechanical integration knowledge, shipyard experience, and ability to govern interface control documents across disciplines.