Maritime Nuclear Safety Engineer

Ocean Atomics; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocean Atomics seeks a qualified safety engineer to own the safety case and PRA for marine reactor systems, ensuring compliance across normal, off-normal, and accident conditions. You will collaborate with engineering teams to optimize plant architecture and performance at sea.

The role involves interfacing with regulators and preparing licensing deliverables, with a focus on robust safety documentation and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nuclear or mechanical engineering.
• Experience developing safety cases and PRA for nuclear systems.
• Proficiency with PRA methods and tools (fault/event trees, reliability data, SAPHIRE).
• Working knowledge of NRC, IMO, naval, or international safety frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the safety case and PRA models for the reactor and ship systems.
• Actively use PRA data to inform and optimize the engineering design throughout the design phases.
• Identify initiating events and failure modes, perform hazard analyses, and quantify risk to verify safety criteria.
• Support design reviews and translate safety findings into requirements for secondary and balance‑of‑plant systems.
• Maintain safety documentation and traceability through configuration changes and inspections.
• Interface with regulators, classification societies, and prepare licensing deliverables.

Skills

PRA methods

Fault/event tree analysis

SAPHIRE

NRC/IMO safety standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in nuclear or mechanical engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

SAPHIRE

Job description

Ocean Atomics seeks a qualified safety engineer to own the safety case and PRA for marine reactor systems, ensuring compliance across normal, off-normal, and accident conditions. You will collaborate with engineering teams to optimize plant architecture and performance at sea.

The role involves interfacing with regulators and preparing licensing deliverables, with a focus on robust safety documentation and lifecycle management.