Senior Nuclear Regulatory Engineer — Licensing Lead

Radiant; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

One Medical

Vision plan

Dental plan

Life & illness coverage

Parental leave

Nuclear Eng Cert Program

Lunch program

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Radiant, an El Segundo, CA-based company building portable nuclear microreactors, is seeking a Senior Regulatory Engineer. You will lead licensing efforts with NRC, be the go-to SME for regulatory processes, and coordinate across engineering teams to deliver a full license application.

This onsite role requires 5+ years of regulatory hardware experience, strong communication, and ability to navigate complex standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or similar technical field from an accredited institution.
• 5+ years of experience certifying, regulating, qualifying or auditing hardware that was manufactured, deployed, and iteratively improved.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation abilities; ability to navigate regulatory conversations effectively and write technical documentation.
• Applied understanding of requirement derivation, negotiation and verification or experience with the product design process especially as it relates to defining systems, interfaces and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Own end to end licensing execution efforts required to fulfill an application deliverable, ranging from detailed safety analysis to a physical protection plan.
• Facilitate collaborative and cohesive partnerships with internal stakeholders and external regulatory bodies (NRC) to drive desirable results using streamlined, modern regulatory approaches.
• Oversee execution by technical teams including design reviews and regulatory and quality documentation; organize their inputs into data products and reports; raise regulatory concerns and see through timely and successful resolution.
• Proactively review approaches and decisions as they relate to regulatory efforts to ensure adherence to Radiant’s novel and efficient licensing paths.
• Ensure completeness, timeliness, and quality of licensing and regulatory submissions.
• Write software scripts to automate and produce data analysis and documentation.

Skills

Regulatory expert

Technical writing

Stakeholder comms

Regulatory strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in nuclear/ mechanical/ electrical engineering or CS

Job description

Radiant, an El Segundo, CA-based company building portable nuclear microreactors, is seeking a Senior Regulatory Engineer. You will lead licensing efforts with NRC, be the go-to SME for regulatory processes, and coordinate across engineering teams to deliver a full license application.

This onsite role requires 5+ years of regulatory hardware experience, strong communication, and ability to navigate complex standards.