Fuels Program Engineer 4

NOTE:  THIS POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE WORK IF RESIDING MORE THEN 30 MILES FROM A PHYSICAL NUSCALE OFFICE.  WORK MUST BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES WITH TRAVEL AS REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS NEEDS.

POSITION SUMMARY:  This position reports to the Senior Manager, Nuclear Fuels and works collaboratively with the Nuclear Fuels leadership team and other organizations within NuScale. This role is the primary individual representing Nuclear Fuels responsibilities for establishing the nuclear fuel products and services program. The Program Engineer ensures the Fuel Program remains aligned with the technical infrastructure, the fuel products and services, and related programmatic and commercial elements. The role operates at the intersection of technical depth and business acumen, requiring fluency in nuclear fuel engineering, reload cycle management, and the commercial frameworks that govern fuel supply agreements. Practical knowledge of key discipline interfaces within Nuclear Fuels is critical and must be complemented with the ability to collaborate at interfaces that cross multiple business functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and characterize the full scope of fuels services to be offered — including reload core design, safety analysis, fuel procurement support, and fuel program management — with explicit distinction between services currently available and those under active development.
• Interface with business development, contracts, and executive leadership to ensure the fuels program strategy is integrated into broader company commercialization plans.
• Propose and evaluate business models for nuclear fuel products and services that align with company strategy and product architecture, including fuel and supply chain considerations that are unique to NuScale.
• Provide input to cash flow models and pricing frameworks for nuclear fuel services.
• Develop standard reload core design and safety analysis schedules to support internal resource planning and customer commitment management, accounting for NRC review timelines, fuel fabrication lead times, reload outage windows, and contingencies.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customer discussions related to fuel supply scope, schedule, and engineering services during early program development.
• Coordinate with Nuclear Methods, Nuclear Design, and Licensing teams to ensure customer commitments are consistent with internal capability maturity and regulatory status.
• Support the development of customer-facing materials describing fuel product and service offerings, including scope summaries, schedule frameworks, and transition milestones
• Exercise in-depth knowledge of industry best-practices and NuScale-specific differentiators to support development of competitive product and service offerings.
• Contribute to technical planning and development of product and service offerings and ensure alignment between development of technical and commercial elements.
• Maintain an understanding of how design and analysis interfaces are managed within Nuclear Fuels disciplines (including core design, fuel design, subchannel thermal-hydraulics, and transient analysis) and across other functional disciplines within Engineering.
• Communicate professionally in areas of responsibility across disciplines, at various levels of the organization, and with internal and external stakeholders including customers and regulatory bodies.
• Assess market conditions and develop proposals and business cases for additional product and service offering recommendations.
• Provide direct technical contributions to engineering work in areas of expertise, up to approximately 25% of time.
• 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: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and reviews information appropriately. Uses own judgment and acts independently; seeks input from other team members as appropriate for complex or sensitive situations.
• 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 develop strong interpersonal networks within the organization.
• 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.
• Team Building: Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization.
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance:  Commits to the understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1.

MINIMUM SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND ABILITIES:

• Education:   A minimum of B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering or similar discipline from a four-year accredited college or university is required.
• Experience: A minimum of 8 years of full-time, directly relevant engineering experience is required. Demonstrated experience in implementing engineering design processes for thermal-hydraulics, transient analysis, and related safety analysis is required. Experience developing or working under a developed fuel program preferred.
• 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.

NuScale Power, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.

Pay and Benefits: 

The target pay range for this position is $127,104 - $153,401 annually.  The full pay range is $113,955 - $178,237 annually.   

At NuScale, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, full-time working experience, education and training, equity within the department. 

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