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Valar Atomics is building scalable, advanced nuclear power systems to unlock clean, high-temperature energy for industrial applications, hydrogen production, and next-generation manufacturing. The company is developing factory-made, rapidly deployable nuclear technology with a pilot plant planned for Orangeville, Utah.
This Senior Quality Engineer role is a founding leadership position operating as the Quality Lead's strategic partner. You will execute tactically on critical quality challenges while architecting the Quality organization and systems for a vertically integrated enterprise. The role bridges R&D and early commercial phases, balancing rapid iteration with the safety rigor and regulatory credibility that nuclear technology demands.
Key responsibilities include: owning and closing critical quality problems independently; becoming a trusted partner to engineering teams; establishing early-stage quality controls that regulators and leadership can trust; defining a roadmap from pragmatic near-term controls to a world-class Quality Management System; and shaping the structure, tooling, and culture of the future Quality organization.
You will develop creative, defensible compliance approaches that enable speed without unnecessary drag. You'll co-architect Valar's Quality Management System from the ground up, building prevention-focused systems that scale cleanly rather than inspection-heavy controls. You'll apply nuclear quality assurance principles with judgment, distinguishing regulatory intent from historical habit, and serve as a credible technical interface with regulators and external stakeholders.
The role emphasizes leveraging modern tools, data, automation, and AI to increase both speed and rigor. You'll operate as a servant leader anchoring decisions in Valar's mission, mentor team members, and help lay the foundation for a scaling Quality organization. Success requires operating effectively in ambiguity, building credibility with engineers and leadership as a partner rather than gatekeeper, thinking in systems to anticipate second- and third-order effects, and combining technical depth with pragmatism.
