Licensing Engineer

The role

The Licensing Engineer will develop and execute licensing and permitting strategies for the Antares R1 product line and future commercial microreactor deployments. This role involves preparing regulatory products, coordinating engagements, and translating regulatory requirements into design and program requirements.

What you will do

• Develop and execute licensing and regulatory engagement strategies.
• Identify and translate regulatory and permitting requirements into design, analysis, programmatic, and documentation requirements.
• Prepare licensing plans, technical briefs, white papers, topical reports, application content, and responses to regulator questions.
• Track regulator and stakeholder comments, commitments, decisions, and closure status.
• Evaluate design and program products for compliance with requirements and licensing basis.
• Develop regulatory positions and evaluate alternative compliance approaches.
• Plan and support regulator and stakeholder engagements.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews with engineering, safety analysis, operations, quality, security, and program management teams.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory developments and emerging licensing approaches.
• Support the development of scalable, repeatable licensing processes.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• Experience in systems design or a highly regulated technical environment.
• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and convert them into design or program requirements.
• Strong technical writing, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to understand complex regulatory relationships and explain proposed approaches.
• Ability to develop creative solutions and evaluate competing alternatives.
• Ability to work across disciplines and drive actions to closure in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with NRC reactor licensing, DOE authorization-basis development, or nuclear safety analysis.
• Experience supporting advanced reactors, commercial nuclear facilities, DOE nuclear facilities, national laboratories, or university research reactors.
• Experience preparing regulatory submittals, responding to regulator comments, and tracking commitments to closure.
• Familiarity with NRC licensing frameworks, including Parts 50, 52, and 70, and emerging advanced-reactor licensing approaches.
• Experience interfacing with government agencies, customers, installation stakeholders, or other external approval authorities.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering, design control, safety analysis, nuclear quality assurance, or configuration management.

About the company

Antares is building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space use. The team includes members from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy, and various national laboratories.