Staff Electrical Designer

The posting, as Valar Atomics wrote it

About Valar Atomics

At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level.

The Team

You will be joining Valar Atomics' Instrumentation, Control & Electrical (IC&E) organization, supporting design work across the Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution areas. Electrical Designers own the drawing packages that define the physical electrical and instrumentation installation one-lines, schematics, wiring and loop diagrams, cable and raceway layouts, panel arrangements, and installation details. You will work alongside electrical, I&C hardware, I&C software, process, mechanical, and nuclear safety engineers in a hands-on environment where drawing quality and installation integrity directly support plant reliability and nuclear safety. As a staff designer, you will be one of the technical anchors of this team: the designer others come to when the package is novel, ambiguous, or high-consequence. The team values technical depth, disciplined documentation, and a safety-first culture.

The Role

Valar Atomics is seeking Staff Electrical Designers to serve as technical authorities for electrical and instrumentation design across the full plant scope: Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution. This is a staff position: in addition to producing and owning the most complex drawing packages, you will own assigned areas of the CAD standards and design database architecture the discipline runs on, help run the drawing checking program, lead design solutions for first-of-a-kind installation challenges, review and approve the work of other designers and drafting contractors, and mentor the designer team. You are accountable not only for your own drawings, but for the quality and consistency of the drawing packages issued within your assigned scope, across projects and sites.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Discipline Ownership

• Serve as a design discipline technical authority within assigned scope; check and approve drawing packages produced by other designers and drafting contractors, and share ownership of the discipline's drawing checking program including check standards, checker qualification, and check documentation.
• Own assigned areas of the discipline's CAD standards including drawing templates, title blocks, symbol libraries, layer conventions, and model/drawing file organization; enforce standards across all internal and contractor-p

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T certification, or equivalent credentials.

• Experience designing UL 508A listed industrial control panels.
• Experience with medium-voltage distribution design (4.16 kV and above), generator connections, and utility interconnection drawings.
• Working familiarity with nuclear quality requirements (NQA-1, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B) as applied to design documents, drawing control, and design change traceability.
• Experience with electrical installation design in nuclear, cleanroom, glovebox, or contamination-controlled environments.
• Experience with CAD automation or scripting (EPLAN API, AutoLISP, or equivalent) for deliverable generation.
• Familiarity with IEC 62443 or NIST SP 800-82 as applied to the physical OT network layer, including cabinet, switch, and cabling infrastructure supporting network segmentation.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• Generous PPE stipend
• High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
• Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders
• The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Valar Atomics is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.

We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment and will provide reasonable accommodation as required by law.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
Salary
$173,000 — $211,000 USD