Manager, Natrium V&V - ICE

Title: Manager, Natrium V&V - ICE

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States

Job Type: Full-time

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health.

Terra Power is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.

Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Terra Power, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Digital Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) Manager. This position reports directly to the I&C Sr. Manager.

As a front line manager, you will lead and be responsible for the technical performance and personnel management of a team of V&V Engineers that will interface with scientists and engineers internal and external to Terra Power to review, audit, test, verify and validate, digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, Hardware, Software, and Firmware used in Generation IV advanced nuclear reactor technologies.

• Defining, coordinating, and executing a specific portion of the interdisciplinary technical scope within the Natrium Project through project completion.
• Building a team through hiring/staffing the correct mix of skillset, experience, and knowledge.
• Growing the personnel within their team through annual goal setting and monitoring, career growth opportunities, and encouraging professional development.
• Ensuring staff members are trained to appropriate standards.
• Leverage both internal and external means to provide support as needed to achieve project goals.
• Drive work performance and technical quality across their team through schedule planning and monitoring, cost planning and management, staffing planning, management, and risk management.
• Develop Digital I&C V&V Plans, Procedures and Policies in accordance with applicable NRC Reg Guides and Standards and aligned to Terra Power corporate and project level Procedures and policies.
• Provide technically independent review and verification of systems, software, hardware requirements, design documents, and specifications.
• Focus on supplier’s V&V technical performance and management.
• Plan supplier’s Configuration Management (CM) audits and program’s reviews.
• Participate and support auditing, inspections and review of supplier’s V&V deliverables.
• Assess, and as necessary oversee code and high-level software and firmware language reviews.
• Oversee execution of software and hardware testing performed by suppliers throughout the digital system lifecycle.
• Develop and lead the I&C early integration strategy.
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices in order to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities.
• Integrate with work of other disciplines, engineers, scientists, and subject matter experts.
• Interface with and support licensing activities.
• Interface with equipment qualification, commissioning, and startup testing teams.

• B.S. or higher in Controls, Electrical, Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited university
• 5+ years direct experience performing NQA-1 Design Verification and Validation activities.
• 5+ years of experience in a management role.
• Candidates should have experience in instrumentation and controls development, diagnostics, and a demonstrated ability to audit, inspect review, verify, and validate industrial I&C platforms, applications, integrated systems and generate applicable phase reports.
• Strong background in…