Nuclear Safety Basis & USQ Lead — Regulatory Impact

Valar Atomics Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 168,000; 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

Opportunities for rapid career growth

Job summary

Valar Atomics, Torrance, California, seeks a Safety Basis and USQ Coordinator to own the end-to-end safety case for our operating reactor facility. You will interface daily with design, licensing, and safety analysis teams, lead USQ processes, and ensure design changes stay aligned with safety commitments and regulatory expectations.

The role suits professionals from nuclear or other high-consequence regulated industries who want ownership and can maintain a conservative stance under schedule

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in safety analysis, licensing, safety basis, change control, or safety engineering in nuclear or another high consequence regulated industry such as aerospace, defense, chemical, or oil and gas.
• Understanding of how a safety case is built, approved, maintained, and changed.
• Ability to run a controlled, deadline driven process and coordinate across engineering teams with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the plant safety analysis and technical safety requirements with the design, licensing, and safety analysis teams, and keep them current as the design and the plant evolve
• Run the Unreviewed Safety Question process: screenings, determinations, approvals, records, deadlines, and regulator submittals
• Lead the evaluation and reporting of discovered conditions that may challenge the safety analysis
• Ensure every design change is screened for safety basis impact before it is implemented
• Support the safety case for new reactor designs and its traceability to design requirements
• Qualify and train USQ evaluators and build a team that can carry the process across multiple reactors
• Be the technical point of contact to the regulator on safety basis matters
• Improve the safety basis process so each successive reactor is licensed faster than the last

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Deadline-driven

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or physical science

Tools

Polarion

DOORS

Jama

Job description

Valar Atomics, Torrance, California, seeks a Safety Basis and USQ Coordinator to own the end-to-end safety case for our operating reactor facility. You will interface daily with design, licensing, and safety analysis teams, lead USQ processes, and ensure design changes stay aligned with safety commitments and regulatory expectations.

The role suits professionals from nuclear or other high-consequence regulated industries who want ownership and can maintain a conservative stance under schedule