Chief Engineer, Reactor Design & Analysis

POSITION SUMMARY: The Chief Engineer, Reactor Design & Analysis provides enterprise-wide technical leadership for the NuScale Power Module (NPM), overseeing analytical foundations, design basis development, and cross-disciplinary technical integration. This role defines strategy, sets technical direction, and ensures engineering rigor across analytical methods, including, but not limited to, transient and steady-state analysis, flow-induced vibration, and water hammer assessments. The Chief Engineer partners with other engineering leaders to validate methods, develop high-fidelity models, resolve technical issues, and substantiate licensing and product delivery decisions. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the VP, Engineering.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide technical leadership for reactor transient analysis, ensuring methods and results support sound engineering decisions.
• Lead heat exchanger design activities and reviews to meet performance and safety requirements, including integration with turbine vendors.
• Direct reactor coolant system (RCS) design approach, standards, and technical integration.
• Lead flow‑induced vibration assessments and define mitigations based on validated analyses.
• Establish and apply advanced analysis techniques (for example, CFD) to develop evidence‑based design solutions.
• Review plant technology readiness and technical risks and ensure plans are in place to reduce risk appropriately
• Chair and/or participate in design reviews
• Provide independent expert technical reviews on key work products
• Engineering program development and oversight within domain expertise
• Provide mentoring and training in areas of expertise
• Remain informed of developing technologies and techniques associated with Engineering looking for creative ways of improving technology
• Create formal networks and serve as an internal and/or external spokesperson for the organization regarding technology
• Assists business development personnel in client contacts to demonstrate the company’s design
• Perform other duties as assigned

CORE COMPETENCIES: To perform the job successfully, the individual should demonstrate competencies in performing the essential functions of this position by performing satisfactorily in each of these competencies.

• Problem solving: Decisive with good judgment. Identifies and resolves complex problems using professional principles and company objectives to resolve unique situations. Exercises independent judgment and leads teams of experts to accomplish objectives requiring creativity and innovation to provide solutions. Performs special studies and provides engineering analysis and design solutions.
• Leadership: Capable leader with the ability to influence or gain acceptance from others. Capable of motivating personnel and driving to a solution.
• Business Acumen: A strategic thinker with good business perspective and an understanding of the company’s business. Able to function comfortably in political interactions. Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks within the organization.
• Oral/written communication: Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, Is able to create, read and interpret complex written information. Ability to effectively communicate at all levels within and external to company.
• Planning/organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations and solicits feedback to improve performance
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance: Working knowledge of or ability to understand the quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1 or equivalent.

MINIMUM SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND ABILITIES:

• Education: Minimum of a Masters degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution required, Doctorate preferred.
• Experience: A combination of either of the following: 10 years of experience with a PhD, or 15 years of experience with a Masters. Experience must be in nuclear related engineering activities with progressively increasing technology leadership roles required. Broad background including safety analyses and testing experience required.
• Industry Requirements: Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.
• Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.
• The employee frequently is required; to sit and stand; walk; bend, use hands to operate office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to travel nationally and locally using common forms of transportation.

Disclaimer: Employee(s) must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employee(s) assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees in this classification.