Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Regulatory Development and Support Engineer to work in our Regulatory Research department. Our team works a 9x80 schedule located out of our Idaho Falls facility with every other Friday off. You will lead medium to large projects in a dispersed work team environment and perform tasks associated with current light water reactor and latest advanced reactor designs in developing regulatory frameworks that directly support on time and expanded deployment, including the frameworks established together with either the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or the Department of Energy (DOE). Responsibilities Include: - Direct and contribute to projects or significant tasks that may involve multidisciplinary activities in direct support of reactor owner-operators, reactor technology developers, the NRC, or DOE programs addressing reactor deployment and sustainability. - Solve complex or longstanding regulatory challenges, requiring you to develop broad-based and collaborative approaches to provide solutions which are innovative. - Work with industry partners, including the commercial sector, other parts of DOE’s national laboratory complex, the NRC, and DOE to regularly confirm that the approaches developed meet customer needs. Some travel and public speaking will be required. - Lead significant regulatory framework development projects or tasks and build teams across organizations, including participation in professional activities and external collaborations. Opportunities will exist to develop professional publications. - Proactively identify, promote, and develop new technical capabilities to develop and implement plans for new and significant project opportunities. This includes highlighting the department’s capabilities to potential new customers; foster relationships with the NRC and existing customers; serve in positions of visibility in professional organizations, conferences, and various non-government organizations. - You will report to the Department Manager.
