Space Nuclear Founding Team

The role

You will shape the company strategy, validate technical and commercial opportunities, recruit the founding team, and lead the business through early development and financing. This role involves operating across technology, product, commercial strategy, and capital formation for a company developing next-generation nuclear power systems for space.

What you will do

• Shape the company strategy
• Validate the technical and commercial opportunity
• Recruit the founding team
• Lead the business through its earliest stages of development and financing
• Operate across technology, product, commercial strategy, and capital formation

Required qualifications

• Capability to build a category-defining business

Nice to have

• Leaders from nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, and other advanced technology sectors

Benefits

• Meaningful ownership in shaping the business, its technology direction, team, and long-term strategy
• Access to strategic support, industry relationships, technical expertise, and resources

About the company

Montauk Capital builds and backs companies at the forefront of the Electron Economy. They are incubating a new company focused on developing next-generation nuclear power systems for space.