Quality Assurance Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Conduct Quality Assurance activities for TerraPower's advanced reactor initiatives.

• Analyze customer and regulatory contracts to create baseline requirements matrices/documents.

• Collaborate with customer and supplier QA representatives to address quality, technical, and complex compliance challenges.

• Examine internal and external engineering documentation, including design drawings, specifications, and test plans/procedures, for adherence to compliance and QA requirements.

• Organize and execute supplier qualification audits and surveillances as a Certified Audit Team Leader.

• Carry out annual evaluations and triennial audits of approved suppliers listed on the TerraPower Evaluated Suppliers List.

• Manage and facilitate customer and regulator audits, surveillances, and visits.

• Create, update, and evaluate QA processes and procedures.

• Plan and conduct internal audits as a certified Audit Team Leader.

• Engage in CAPA, continuous improvement, lessons learned/operational experience, and risk management processes.

• Assess quality-affecting procedures to ensure relevant QA requirements are adequately transmitted.

• Review procurement specifications, requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, task orders, statements of work, and quality program requirements for QA transmission.

• Execute internal audits of TerraPower QA policies, implementing procedures, and documentation.

• Mentor and educate personnel on NRC quality assurance matters and licensing.

• Report directly to the Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement Manager.

• Travel up to 50% within the continental U.S.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field, business, management, or quality assurance.

• 8 - 10 years of experience in a nuclear (NRC, DOE) Quality Assurance role within a regulated environment by the USNRC.

• Current NQA-1 Lead Auditor certification or NRC vendor inspector, or other industry-recognized certification, or the capability to obtain certification within one year of employment.

• Familiarity with NRC 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, 10 CFR Part 21, ASME NQA-1-2015, and Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, Revision 5.

• NQA-1 Certified Lead Auditor (ATL) experience.

• Significant experience in evaluating and qualifying NQA-1 commercial supply chain suppliers.

• Extensive experience applying a graded approach to quality from conceptual design through safety-related design and construction.

• Strong background with industry codes, standards, and guides such as ASME, AWS, AISC, ASTM, EPRI, NEI, ISO, NEC, and IEEE is highly desirable.

• High level of trust and integrity; open communication; respect; and a commitment to fostering teamwork.

• Capability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.

• Willingness to travel 50% of the time.

• Must meet U.S. Government export control review requirements; applicants may be required to disclose U.S. citizenship or national status, asylee/refugee status, or U.S. lawful permanent residency.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Compensation.

• Salary, with eligibility for discretionary short-term incentive payments.

• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits.

• Medical coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Life and Disability insurance.

• Gender Affirmation Benefits.

• Parental Leave.

• 401k Plan.

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy.

• 21 days of PTO accrued annually.

• Generous Holiday Schedule.

• 10 paid holidays.

• Relocation Assistance.

• Opportunities for Professional and Educational Support.