Nuclear Safety Programs Engineer

Generalmatter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

General Matter is seeking a Nuclear Safety Programs Engineer to own the programs that keep a nuclear facility reliable, covering configuration management, maintenance, training and qualification, procedures, quality assurance, audits, corrective action, and records.

You will collaborate across engineering, operations, and licensing to build these programs from the ground up, ensuring safety controls are available and the safety basis remains current, with DOE/NRC parallels guiding the approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, a physical science, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of management measure disciplines (e.g., configuration, maintenance, QA) in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with 10 CFR Part 70 and the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain the facility's management measures programs under 10 CFR Part 70.
• Establish and maintain a configuration management program to preserve design and safety bases.
• Define and oversee maintenance, testing, calibration, and surveillance for critical equipment.
• Develop procedures, training, and qualification requirements.
• Establish and administer the quality assurance program (ASME NQA-1) and supporting processes.
• Conduct audits, assessments, and reviews to verify program effectiveness.
• Lead corrective action and incident investigation processes and track actions.
• Ensure safety controls remain available and ISA/safety basis current.
• Coordinate across teams to integrate measures into daily work.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physical science

Job description

About the Company

General Matter is enriching uranium in America.

Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world's lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States.

Our mission is to restore America's ability to produce nuclear fuel - fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors.

Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society.

We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.

We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.

Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.

About This Role

As a Nuclear Safety Programs Engineer at General Matter, you'll own the programs that keep an entire nuclear facility reliable. Management measures are the connective tissue of safe operations - configuration management, maintenance, training and qualification, procedures, quality assurance, audits, corrective action, and records - the systems that ensure what we designed is what we built, that what we built keeps working, and that the people running it are qualified to do so. This is a systems-level, cross-functional role where you'll partner across engineering, operations, and licensing to build these programs from the ground up, keeping the facility's safety controls available and reliable and the safety basis current. DOE nuclear facilities run these same disciplines - conduct of operations, configuration management, and NQA-1 quality assurance - under DOE Orders like 414.1 and 422.1. If that's where you've built your career, those programs translate directly to the NRC's management measures framework here.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain the facility's management measures programs required under 10 CFR Part 70, spanning configuration management, maintenance, training, procedures, quality assurance, audits, corrective action, and records.
• Establish and maintain a configuration management program to preserve the facility's design basis, safety basis, and controlled documentation.
• Define and oversee maintenance, functional testing, calibration, and surveillance programs for safety-related and mission-critical equipment.
• Develop and maintain procedures, training, and qualification requirements across operations and safety functions.
• Establish and administer the quality assurance program (e.g., consistent with ASME NQA-1) and its supporting processes.
• Conduct audits, assessments, and reviews to verify program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead corrective action and incident investigation processes, developing and tracking actions to closure.
• Ensure management measures keep the facility's safety controls available and reliable and keep the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) and safety basis current.
• Establish and maintain records management to support audits and regulatory reviews.
• Coordinate across engineering, operations, and licensing teams to integrate management measures into day-to-day work.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, a physical science, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of one or more management measure disciplines - configuration management, maintenance/reliability, quality assurance, training, procedures, or auditing - in a regulated or safety-critical environment.
• Familiarity with 10 CFR Part 70 and the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc).
• Experience in a fast-paced engineering environment or a highly technical role requiring a resourceful, entrepreneurial approach to complete tasks within tight timeframes or budget constraints.
• Experience at a nuclear, DOE, national lab, or NRC-licensed fuel cycle facility.
• Experience implementing quality assurance programs (e.g., ASME NQA-1), configuration management, or maintenance/reliability programs.
• Experience developing procedures, training programs, or corrective action programs.
• Advanced degrees.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), or similar certification is preferred or the ability to obtain one.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this role is$150,000-$215,000 annually.

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.