Systems Engineer, Nuclear Isotopes & Radiopharma

Terrapower; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Medical and Wellness Benefits

Parental Leave

401k Plan

PTO

Holiday Schedule

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

TerraPower Isotopes (TPI) seeks a Systems Engineer to support the Alpha2/Alpha5/Alpha30 projects, coordinating definitions, interfaces, and verifications across disciplines. You will maintain system requirements, boundaries, and design baselines while supporting reviews, changes, and lifecycle activities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering with at least 5 years of experience in complex, multidisciplinary systems, and strong analytical and communication skills to drive safe, compliant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Experience developing or managing engineering requirements, system interfaces, and technical documentation.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles, including functional analysis, requirements traceability, configuration management, and verification and validation.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and analyses and assess their consistency with system-level requirements.
• Experience coordinating technical work across engineering disciplines and resolving issues involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, track actions to closure, and communicate technical risks and decisions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain requirements for assigned systems, translating stakeholder needs into clear, measurable engineering requirements.
• Allocate requirements to subsystems and equipment in coordination with engineering leads.
• Maintain traceability among requirements, design outputs, and verification evidence.
• Develop and maintain system descriptions, functional breakdowns, operating modes, and design bases.
• Identify assumptions and constraints; coordinate resolution as design matures.
• Coordinate contributions from multiple engineering disciplines to ensure interfaces and system function.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Interface coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Written communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Requirements management platforms

Model-based systems engineering tools

Job description

TerraPower Isotopes (TPI) seeks a Systems Engineer to support the Alpha2/Alpha5/Alpha30 projects, coordinating definitions, interfaces, and verifications across disciplines. You will maintain system requirements, boundaries, and design baselines while supporting reviews, changes, and lifecycle activities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering with at least 5 years of experience in complex, multidisciplinary systems, and strong analytical and communication skills to drive safe, compliant