Senior Integration Engineer – Physical Design Oversight
TerraPowerBellevue, WA
Full Time
Posted October 8, 2026
$140k - $182k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 9, 2026
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Job Description
The PDO team has oversight for all aspects of design that relate to civil/structural, architectural, physical modeling, pipe routing and stress, plant layout, geotechnical works, and underground work.
Key Responsibilities
- Research, develop, and implement design bases and design strategies in support of plant design and licensing activities, including risk-informed, performance-based strategies and methodologies for the design discipline criteria owned by the PDO team
- Develop, maintain, review, and refine plant level and system level requirements and specification documents for integration with plant design activities
- Interface with design disciplines to identify and develop design information and specify design and performance criteria
- Verify that licensing and code requirements are clearly established and implemented in the design and in alignment with project design and licensing strategies
- Perform and support oversight review of physical design work products for acceptance into project configuration control
- Support technical integration on the Nuclear Island (NI) between TerraPower and its engineering partner, including vendor input (VI) handoffs, interface requirements, design input packages, model and design basis transfer, and resolution of open technical items and requests for information
- Coordinate multi-system integrated analyses such as soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses, seismic analytical model development, external hazard fragility, and probabilistic risk assessment
- Support monitoring and appraisal of design organizations, partners, contractors, and subcontractors’ performance to ensure that all technical requirements for the design are effectively and correctly implemented and processes are followed
- Support design and integration reviews and resolution of cross functional technical issues
- Support the integration of plant information into the licensing basis and regulatory submittal documents that support the licensing of nuclear facilities under the Licensing Modernization Project
Requirements
- Education: M.S. degree in Civil or Mechanical engineering or equivalent/higher preferred
- 8+ years of design and analysis experience
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and with minimum direction to solve challenging problems
- Candidate must have strong analytical/problem solving skills
- Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate with internal and external engineering and design teams with minimal direction
- Experience with new nuclear power plant design projects
- Experience with risk-Informed performance based, and probabilistic methodologies
- Experience in a broad range of design and integration topics throughout a product lifecycle, including conceptual design, final design, and construction
- Experience with design for complex extreme and external hazard loading such as seismic, high winds, and aircraft impact
- Experience with commercial codes and standards such as IBC, ACI 318, AISC 360 and ASCE 7
- Experience with nuclear codes and standards such as ACI 349, ACI 359, AISC N690, ASCE 4, and ASCE 43
- Experience working projects with NRC or DOE regulations
- Ability to deliver projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between objectives
- Ability to work on tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach
- Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001
- Strong communication skills desired
- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
- Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
- This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive Compensation
- Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
- Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits Medical Vision Dental Life and Disability Gender Affirmation Benefits
- Parental Leave
- 401k Plan
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) 21 days of annually accrued PTO
- Generous Holiday Schedule 10 paid holidays
- Relocation Assistance
- Professional and Educational Support Opportunities
- TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/
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