Senior Structural Engineer

Company Overview

Blue Energy's mission is to unlock energy abundance, energy affordability, energy security, and turn-key decarbonization by developing the fastest path to deploying new nuclear MWs at scale. We are utilizing shipyard manufacturing supply chains and techniques from offshore oil and wind to reduce the cost of nuclear plants by over 60% and the manufacturing timeline to 24 months. Blue Energy is a platform technology that makes use of the latest NRC-approved reactors and is in negotiations with existing nuclear and industrial sites, enabling a much faster regulatory pathway to deploy our first unit. With our innovative centralized shipyard manufacturing approach, we can put nuclear power on a cost-reduction learning curve akin to wind, solar, and lithium-ion batteries.

The Senior Structural Engineer (leveling determined by experience) will spearhead engineering endeavors encompassing the full scope of the plant's design and installation, from conceptual design stages to detailed design for manufacturing. You will work alongside our Chief Engineer on foundation design, seismic isolation systems, and structural design of the balance of plant. This role will require you to expand your expertise in shipyard manufacturing, offshore logistics, naval engineering, nuclear engineering, and thermal power plant engineering. You will have the opportunity to lead design efforts from day one, taking on broad responsibilities across the engineering spectrum.

A Day in the Life

As Blue Energy's Senior / Staff Mechanical Engineer, your responsibilities and activities will include :

• Blank Sheet Design : Able to apply first principles to solve engineering challenges. You will help develop and execute our technical roadmap from conceptual design through the first shovel of dirt. You will probe every design variable and decision until we are convinced we are building the most pragmatic nuclear power plant ever built.
• Hands on Engineering : From building ANSYS models, to power plant layout optimization, to visiting key manufacturers, to in-water testing, you will be pivotal in tackling our toughest engineering challenges. Our office is located near a cutting edge shipyard, and we expect there to be lots of field trips.
• Path Setting : We want to utilize the trodden path wherever possible, but know there will be some places where we need to build what has never been built before. In many cases, we will borrow from other fields, but acknowledge that in order to make NPP's safer, cheaper, and build them quickly, we will need to work with regulators, manufacturers, policy makers, community organizations, and others to build a new path forward for nuclear. You will help design, analyze, document, and write the whitepapers for new approaches that help accelerate the buildout of NPP's.
• Team Building and Mentorship : As an early team member, you will help establish and uphold Blue Energy's engineering culture of curiosity, pragmatism, and overachievement. Lead by example as the team grows.

You will thrive in this role if you have :

Helpful Background

We look forward to your application and helping foster an era of safe, clean, affordable, and abundant energy.

Blue Energy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Blue Energy now or in the future.