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Salary: USD 80,000 - 170,000 / annual
General Matter is building America's lowest-cost uranium enrichment facility to power the next generation of nuclear reactors, AI, and advanced manufacturing. The company was incubated by Founders Fund and is backed by top-tier investors.
As Nuclear Safety Basis Lead, you will own the integrated safety basis for a first-of-its-kind enrichment facility—the complete set of analyses, controls, and commitments that establish how the facility is authorized to operate. You will maintain the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA), management measures, and license conditions as the facility designs, builds, and operates. This is a systems-level leadership role at the center of the licensing strategy, requiring you to work across engineering, safety, operations, and licensing teams while interfacing directly with the NRC on operational commitments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own and maintain the facility's safety basis, including the integrated ISA, management measures, and license commitments
- Ensure the authorization basis remains current and internally consistent as the facility evolves
- Ensure consistency between the license application, ISA Summary, and supporting analyses
- Lead safety basis reviews and evaluations for proposed design, process, and operational changes
- Interface with the NRC on license amendments, commitments, and safety basis matters
- Coordinate across ISA, criticality, consequence, fire, design, and operations teams to maintain a coherent safety basis
- Lead and mentor staff supporting safety basis development and maintenance
- Maintain configuration control and documentation to support audits and regulatory reviews
The role requires extended hours and weekend work as necessary. If your background includes DOE authorization basis work (DSAs, TSRs, Unreviewed Safety Question determinations under 10 CFR 830), that experience maps directly onto this role's core structure.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to perform trade studies using first principles
- Strong knowledge of nuclear safety basis/authorization basis concepts and 10 CFR Part 70, 10 CFR 830, or comparable regulatory framework
- Experience with safety basis development, maintenance, or change evaluation
- Experience leading technical teams, projects, or programs
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment
PREFERRED:
- Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio, completed products)
- Experience in fast-paced engineering environments or highly technical roles requiring resourceful, entrepreneurial approaches
- Experience with nuclear fuel cycle facility licensing or DOE DSA/TSR/USQ work
- Experience interfacing with the NRC or DOE
- Advanced degrees
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain one
