Regulatory Program Manager

The role

You will lead the authorization process for reactor deployment with military partners. You will manage regulatory submissions, timelines, and interactions between regulators and the engineering team.

What you will do

• Manage the customer relationship, coordinating interactions, meetings, deliverables, submission, acceptance, and contract compliance.
• Own end to end licensing execution efforts for application deliverables.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external regulatory bodies to drive project execution and authorization.
• Oversee execution by technical teams including design reviews and regulatory and quality documentation.
• Organize technical inputs into data products and reports.
• Raise regulatory concerns and see through timely and successful resolution.
• Proactively review approaches and decisions to ensure adherence to licensing paths.

Required qualifications

• Comfortable working in uncertainty on first-of-a-kind projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (nuclear, mechanical, electrical, computer science, or similar) from an accredited institution.
• 5 years experience in a regulated industry.
• Experience directly interfacing, interpreting and implementing regulatory requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to navigate regulatory conversations effectively and write technical documentation.

Nice to have

• Experience in nuclear programs regulated by the NRC or DOE.
• Thorough understanding of the engineering design process in a fast paced or agile hardware development environment.
• Experience in emergency preparedness, fire protection, safety analysis, radiation protection or other related regulatory subjects.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with an ability to understand and translate applicable portions of system design into a license application.

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents.
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
• Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
• Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University, for eligible employees.
• Daily catered lunch.
• Free snacks and drinks.
• Flexible PTO policy.

Before you apply

• Any job offer will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

About the company

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building the world's only mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.