Role
Valar Atomics is hiring a Safety Basis and Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) Coordinator to coordinate the safety case for its operating reactor facility. Based in the Configuration Management team, the coordinator is where design intent, licensing commitments and safety analysis meet, reporting to the Director of Licensing Documentation and Technical Publishing.
Responsibilities: The coordinator keeps the plant safety analysis and technical safety requirements current with the design, licensing and safety analysis teams, and runs the USQ process end to end: screenings, determinations, approvals, records, deadlines and regulator submittals. The role leads evaluation and reporting of discovered conditions that may challenge the safety analysis, ensures each design change is screened for safety basis impact before implementation, supports safety cases for new reactor designs, trains USQ evaluators and is the technical contact to the regulator on safety basis matters.
Requirements: At least four years in safety analysis, licensing, safety basis, change control or safety engineering in nuclear or another high-consequence regulated industry, such as aerospace, defense, chemical or oil and gas. Candidates need to understand how a safety case is built, maintained and changed, run a deadline-driven process with minimal supervision, make conservative calls under schedule pressure and write clearly.
Preferred experience: A bachelor's or master's degree in engineering or a physical science; nuclear safety analysis, USQ evaluation or an equivalent change evaluation process; regulator interaction; configuration management; new-facility safety or licensing documents; and tools such as Polarion, DOORS or Jama.
Working arrangements: The position is based in Torrance, California, with regular presence at the reactor site in Orangeville, Utah. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.
Snapshot
| Employer | Valar Atomics |
| Workplace | Torrance, California, US |
| Onsite | Not specified |
| Employment type | — |
| Salary | $118,000–$168,000 USD |
| Date posted | 2026-10-02 |
| Expires | — |
| Verified | 2026-10-06 |
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