Engineering Manager – Nuclear Facilities

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About Aalo Atomics
Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

About the role
Aalo Atomics is seeking an Engineering Manager – Nuclear Facilities to lead the engineering organization responsible for sustaining and supporting Aalo's operating facilities in Idaho.
Your primary responsibility is to ensure that Aalo's facility systems remain safe, reliable, properly configured, technically understood, and effectively supported throughout operation, maintenance, testing, and modification.
Initially, this organization will support the Aalo-X Critical Assembly Facility at Idaho National Laboratory. Over time, the scope is expected to expand to include Aalo-0, the full-power Aalo-X facility, and other Aalo Idaho facilities.
The Engineering Manager – Nuclear Facilities reports to the Director of Nuclear Safety & Engineering, who serves as the Design Authority for the Aalo-X site, and leads a team of Cognizant System Engineers and facility engineers. You will be responsible for engineering execution, people leadership, resource allocation, system health, facility reliability, and coordination across Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Nuclear Safety, Quality Assurance, and project organizations.

What you'll do
Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Manage, mentor, and develop Cognizant System Engineers and facility engineers supporting Aalo's Idaho facilities.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, priorities, and technical ownership across the Nuclear Facility Engineering organization, and set objective expectations for engineering quality, responsiveness, configuration discipline, and technical rigor.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance evaluations, career development planning, and succession planning.
• Allocate engineering resources based on operational priorities, system condition, facility risk, maintenance needs, and project workload.
• Recommend CSE assignments and ensure assigned engineers are appropriately trained and qualified; formal CSE designation remains with the Design Authority.
• Build the engineering organization and capabilities necessary to support the CAF, Aalo-0, and the Aalo-X reactor.

System Health & Facility Reliability

• Oversee implementation of Aalo's Cognizant System Engineer and System Engineer functions.
• Ensure assigned engineers maintain current knowledge of system functions, design requirements, physical configuration, operating condition, and performance criteria.
• Establish and review system health indicators, performance trends, engin

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Engineers, plant engineers, or equivalent technical ownership organizations.

• DOE nuclear-facility experience.
• Experience implementing DOE-STD-1073 configuration-management or CSE programs.
• Familiarity with 10 CFR 830, DOE safety-basis processes, USQs, Conduct of Operations, and DOE nuclear maintenance programs.
• Experience with ASME NQA-1 or comparable nuclear quality programs.
• Experience with formal system-health, equipment-reliability, or asset-management programs.
• Experience supporting commissioning, operational turnover, startup, or readiness activities.
• Professional Engineer license.
• Experience supporting first-of-a-kind or advanced nuclear facilities.

Physical / Work Environment

• Combination of office and facility/field environments.
• Regular work in operating industrial and nuclear facilities using appropriate PPE.
• Periodic work at INL and other Aalo facilities in Idaho.
• Some travel may be required for vendor, testing, or project support.

Requirements

• Based in the United States
• Willing to work on-site in Idaho Falls, ID
• Ability to meet applicable site-access and nuclear-facility requirements.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on technical level
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Corporate Gym Membership

Additional Information

Aalo Atomics provides a collaborative and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, intellectually challenging careers, and competitive compensation. Aalo Atomics is an equal opportunity employer and considers all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.
Direct applicants only. No recruiters or staffing agencies, please.