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TerraPower I&C System Design Manager in Bellevue, Washington

TITLE: I&C System Design Manager LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA TerraPower 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. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower 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. I&C System Design Manager The Instrument and Control/Electrical (ICE) organization within TerraPower, LLC; is seeking a highly motivated I&C System Design Manager to focus on system design, vendor oversight and licensing support. In this role, you will act as a system design and development manager for I&C system design on the Natrium Demonstration Nuclear Plant. Your role will include interfacing with a team of scientists, engineers, and contractors, both internal and external to TerraPower. You will identify key risks and provide innovative solutions to solving the challenges related to developing first of a kind Natrium nuclear power plants. Responsibilities Maintains a positive work atmosphere and inclusive company culture. Management of a Natrium I&C Systems team, including budgeting, staffing, planning, and monitoring design development progress Review I&C system design work documents covering logic diagrams, system architectures, design base documents, equipment specifications, and other system design documents for Natrium nuclear demo plant. Maintain and drive the system design schedule aligned with overall Natrum plant design and licensing plan, establishing the logic ties with interfacing system activities and licensing tasks. Perform one-on-one meetings with I&C team members on weekly basis. Identify critical high-risk areas and initiate proactive measures to prevent potential project delay. Review and approve engineering deliverables from other engineering organizations, partners, and vendors. Perform semi-annual and annual performance review for each team member. Organize weekly team meetings for task progress status, project update, interface work tracing, future actions. Provide weekly summary reports to senior management about critical task progress, potential delays, challenges, resource needs etc. Develop test requirements, plans and procedures for testing activities for unique components in a high temperature environment. 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. Interface and management of subcontractors, vendors and partners providing direction and assimilating their work. Key Qualifications & Skills A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant engineering experience in industrial I&

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