Nuclear Safety Engineer (San Francisco)
Base pay range
$120,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr
Additional compensation types
Annual Bonus and Stock options
Company Description
Hadron Energy specializes in Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) development, design, and research based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the leading MMR developer, Hadron Energy is building factoryproduced, transportable microreactors that provide 24/7 carbonfree power for data centers, government facilities, industrial sites, and remote communities. Our mission is to create a brighter, healthier, and more equitable energy future.
This is a fulltime onsite role for a Nuclear Safety Engineer , based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The position is ideal for candidates with strong technical experience in nuclear safety analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and regulatory compliance who are passionate about advancing safe, scalable nuclear technology.
The Nuclear Safety Engineer will support the development, evaluation, and verification of safetyrelated systems and analyses for Hadron Energys micro modular reactor (MMR). This individual will collaborate with reactor design, thermalhydraulics, licensing, and systems engineering teams to ensure that the reactor meets or exceeds all applicable safety, regulatory, and performance requirements.
You will play a central role in defining the safety case for Hadrons innovative reactor designconducting analyses, preparing documentation, and supporting the NRC licensing process while helping shape the next generation of safe, lowcarbon energy technology.
Responsibilities
- Conduct nuclear safety analyses across a broad range of anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs), postulated accidents, and design basis events
- Develop and maintain safety analysis models using tools such as RELAP5, TRACE, MELCOR, SCALE , or equivalent codes
- Support probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) development and updates for reactor systems, identifying dominant risk contributors and mitigation strategies
- Perform deterministic and probabilistic safety evaluations to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with systems, thermalhydraulics, and reactor design teams to integrate safety requirements into design architecture
- Develop safetyrelated documentation, including SAR (Safety Analysis Report) sections , technical evaluations, and safetyrelated calculations
- Participate in hazard analyses, failure modes evaluations, and reliability assessments