Configuration Manager, Systems Engineering

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

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.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

TerraPower’s Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program is commercializing the technology to operate a fast spectrum, chloride salt cooled molten salt reactor. The Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) is slated to be the first liquid-fueled, fast spectrum reactor built and operated, and it will be constructed at Idaho National Laboratory.

Systems Engineering Configuration Manager

TerraPower is seeking a Configuration Manager to support the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR) program and the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). This position reports to the MCFR Systems Engineering Manager. The role centers on Configuration Management, beginning with detailed design phase and evolving toward experiment completion. You’ll collaborate with project personnel and external project partners in a high-performing, multi-disciplinary environment to deliver and control high-quality, procedurally compliant deliverables. This role is hybrid with a requirement of being on-site at the Bellevue, WA headquarters at least two days per week. Help be part of a first-of-a-kind reactor toward commercial deployment.

Responsibilities:

•    Lead design document management and configuration change control for the project

•    Mentor and train the MCRE team on configuration management best practices, procedures, and work instructions

•    Lead Change Control Board Meetings and manage change execution

•    Configure, update, and manage project Atlassian Confluence pages and Jira database

•    Review documents for compliance with configuration management processes

•    Coordinate document transmission among different project partners

•    Be responsible for project-specific content in the MCFR Configuration Management Plan

•    Review configuration management issues, drives resolution, and implement any required changes to the process

•    Coordinate and lead design reviews

•    Assist with forms from partner companies to control network access for new team members. 

Key Qualifications and Skills:

•    Bachelor’s degree.

•    Minimum six (6) years of customer-facing work experience in configuration management, training, or performance improvement.

•    Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

•    Strong proficiency in Atlassian Confluence and Jira.

•    Knowledge and experience in electronic document and metadata management, preferably in a regulated or technical environment.

•    Experience in product data management software suites.

•    Exceptional attention in detail.

•    Team-oriented mindset with experience in