Regulatory Analysis & Licensing Specialist

Ecotal; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecotal is seeking a senior licensing specialist in the United States to lead reactor licensing analyses, PRA development, and source term evaluations for next-generation reactors. You will work with design, safety and regulatory teams to establish the licensing basis early in development, interface with NRC staff, and shape the licensing strategy for a first-of-a-kind program.

Join an engineering-first culture where ownership and technical excellence drive decisions and accelerate deployment of

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Nuclear Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in reactor licensing, reactor safety analysis or nuclear systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience developing or maintaining PRA models.
• Experience performing source term analyses.
• Working proficiency with RELAP5, TRACE, SAM, MOOSE-based tools, or equivalent reactor systems analysis software.

Responsibilities

• Develop the technical licensing analyses supporting NRC licensing submissions.
• Build, develop and maintain PRA models.
• Perform source term analyses and radiological consequence evaluations.
• Execute reactor safety analyses using RELAP5, TRACE, SAM, MOOSE-based tools.
• Lead Chapter 15 accident analyses and establish licensing basis events.
• Prepare licensing content for Construction Permit Applications, PSAR/FSAR and related documents.
• Serve as a technical interface with NRC staff throughout pre-application and licensing reviews.

Skills

Nuclear engineering

Reactor licensing

Reactor safety analysis

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)

RELAP5/TRACE/SAM/MOOSE tools

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Nuclear Engineering or related discipline

Tools

RELAP5

TRACE

SAM

MOOSE-based tools

NRC licensing tools (MELCOR/MAAP/SCALE/MCNP/SAPHIRE)

Job description

Our client is an ambitious advanced nuclear technology company developing a new generation of compact pressurized water reactors designed to dramatically reduce deployment costs and timelines while leveraging proven nuclear technology and established regulatory pathways

.Backed by world-class investors, strategic manufacturing partners, and an experienced engineering team drawn from leading technology companies, national laboratories, and the nuclear industry, the business is moving rapidly from concept through demonstration towards commercial deploymen

t.This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage engineering team where regulatory analysis and reactor safety directly influence reactor design. Rather than supporting licensing activities after design decisions have been made, you'll work alongside reactor designers, thermal-hydraulics engineers, neutronics specialists and executive leadership to establish the licensing basis from the ground

up.If you're looking to own critical technical analyses, influence engineering decisions, and help shape the licensing strategy for a first-of-a-kind reactor programme, this is an exceptional opportun

ity. What You'

• ll DoDevelop the technical licensing analyses supporting NRC licensing submiss
• ions.Build, develop and maintain Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) mo
• dels.Perform source term analyses and radiological consequence evaluations for design basis and beyond design basis ev
• ents.Execute reactor safety analyses using RELAP5, TRACE, SAM, MOOSE-based tools, or equivalent thermal-hydraulic system c
• odes.Lead Chapter 15 accident analyses and establish licensing basis ev
• ents.Prepare technical content supporting Construction Permit Applications, Design Control Documents, Preliminary Safety Analysis Reports (PSARs), Topical Reports and future NRC submiss
• ions.Serve as a technical interface with NRC staff throughout pre-application engagement, licensing reviews and Requests for Additional Information (R
• AIs).Manage and provide technical oversight to external licensing consultants while retaining technical ownership in-h
• ouse.Partner closely with reactor design, systems, thermal-hydraulics, neutronics and safety engineers to ensure licensing requirements influence design decisions from the earliest stages of develop
• ment.Support development of the company's overall licensing strategy for commercial deploy
• ment.Apply risk-informed and performance-based licensing methodologies where appropr

iate. What You’ll

• BringBS, MS or PhD in Nuclear Engineering or a closely related disci
• pline.5+ years of experience in reactor licensing, reactor safety analysis or nuclear systems engine
• ering.Hands-on experience developing or maintaining Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) m
• odels.Experience performing source term ana
• lyses.Working proficiency with RELAP5, TRACE, SAM, MOOSE-based tools, or equivalent reactor systems analysis sof
• tware.Strong understanding of NRC regulations governing light-water reactors, including familiarity with 10 CFR Part 50 and/or Part 52 licensing frame
• works.Direct experience supporting NRC licensing activities at an advanced reactor developer, reactor vendor, utility, national laboratory, engineering consultancy or regulatory organis
• ation.Excellent technical writing skills capable of producing licensing-quality documentation suitable for regulatory r
• eview.Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues across multidisciplinary engineering

teams. Preferred Exp

• eriencePrevious experience supporting advanced reactor dever
• lopers.Experience applying Licensing Modernization Project (LMP / NEI 18-04) methodo
• logies.Familiarity with risk-informed and performance-based licensing appr
• oaches.Experience authoring NRC Topical Reports, Safety Analysis Reports (PSAR/FSAR), Design Control Documents or similar licensing documen
• tation.Experience participating in NRC pre-application meetings or regulatory intera
• ctions.Familiarity with reactor safety software such as MELCOR, MAAP, SCALE, MCNP, SAPHIRE or RiskSp
• ectrum.Startup experience or a genuine desire to work within a fast-paced engineering environment where individuals have significant ownership and technical inf

luence. What Success Lo

oks Like Within your first year you w

• ill have:Established the framework for reactor safety and licensing
• analyses.Delivered initial PRA, source term and reactor safety models supporting the licensing p
• rogramme.Produced licensing-quality technical analyses supporting NRC inte
• ractions.Become a trusted technical authority on regulatory and licensing matters across the engineering orga
• nisation.Played a key role in shaping the licensing strategy for one of the industry's most exciting advanced reactor pr

ogrammes.

• Why Join?Join one of the most exciting advanced nuclear companies in the Unit
• ed States.Work directly alongside senior reactor designers and executive l
• eadership.Own highly technical licensing work that directly influences react
• or design.Be part of an engineering-first culture where technical excellence drives decisi
• on making.Help bring next-generation nuclear technology from design into commercial d