X-energy Careers

Description

• Manage the execution of the system development including systems engineering design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned project using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program / project requirements.
• Provide technical leadership over the SGS system and component design.
• Is ultimately responsible and accountable for the cost of the system and needs to ensure that designs meet the economic cost metrics laid out by the project.
• Identifies, manages and reports out on technical risks for systems and/or components, develops risk mitigation plans and ensures risk mitigation is executed.
• Ensures all system interfaces are identified, owned and managed accordingly.
• Manages the utilization of engineering resources across the project and ensures qualified engineers are performing assigned work.
• Manage design cycle sprints and provide direction to ensure the convergence of efforts of engineering team members, partners, and suppliers to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality engineering work products are on schedule and within budget as defined by the Project leadership.
• Manages engineering staff by ensuring staff are meeting expectations and promoting staff professional development.
• Influences the development of strategy, methodology and technical tools for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and policy formulation.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, tools, or services.
• Uses high level of judgement to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operations, product management, technology, or engineering.
• Assesses quality of information given and asks pertinent questions to stakeholders.
• Offers new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and can construct and provide recommendations.
• Work within a multidisciplinary engineering team to create the next generation nuclear reactor technologies.
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with design control procedures,
  ensuring thorough documentation of work, facilitation of internal and external design reviews, and control of product design configuration data.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline from an accredited university or college; a mechanical or nuclear engineering degree is preferred.
• Typically, ten plus years of professional experience in engineering after completion of undergraduate study. Graduate degrees typically count as two plus years of experience.
• Experience designing steam generators is preferred.
• Experience estimating time and resources needed to execute engineering activities.
• Requires specialized knowledge within the function of systems engineering.