Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

This role combines hands-on quality execution with long-term system design for a fast-moving nuclear energy pioneer. It enables quality to accelerate progress rather than block innovation while shaping future organizational standards.

Software engineers turn product ideas into working code. Engineers work in small teams, review each other's work, and ship in small batches. Most teams follow agile practices such as sprints and daily standups. Engineers also write tests, fix bugs, and improve performance. The field values clear communication as much as technical skill. Engineers spend part of every week on planning, code review, and debugging, not just writing new code. The ability to explain a technical decision in plain words separates strong engineers from the rest.

Key facts

What you'll do

Prevention-focused systems are built to scale cleanly, avoiding inspection-heavy controls that calcify over time. These systems support rapid iteration while maintaining appropriate rigor and compliance.

Defensible approaches demonstrate compliance without creating unnecessary drag on delivery for R&D and early commercial activities.

Quality enables safe execution rather than blocking it, balancing rigor with rapid learning.

Trust is established with regulators, auditors, and external stakeholders through transparency and competence as a credible technical interface. Outcomes and rationales are communicated clearly to align leadership, regulators, and operational teams.

Requirements

You operate effectively in ambiguity, making context-aware decisions grounded in safety, technical rigor, and regulatory intent. Systems thinking guides you to anticipate second- and third-order effects instead of optimizing locally.

You distinguish regulatory intent from historical habit and apply nuclear quality assurance principles with judgment, not reflex. Pattern recognition and judgment under pressure help you navigate incomplete, dynamic, and intense environments.

You build credibility with engineers, operators, and leadership so that you function as a partner rather than a gatekeeper. You lead without authority and accept authority later without ego while thriving in high-intensity settings.

Basic qualifications include prior nuclear quality assurance experience sufficient to innovate responsibly across R&D and commercial activities. A broad quality engineering background spans design, manufacturing, suppliers, and testing, with experience building or significantly reshaping quality systems instead of only operating mature ones.

You demonstrate strong pattern recognition and judgment under pressure, with comfort working where processes, goals, and constraints are still being defined. Preferred experience includes direct interfacing with regulators or auditors in nuclear or other safety-critical industries and leading or mentoring quality teams through growth.

Practical notes

Typical interview steps

Hiring for engineering roles usually starts with a recruiter screen, followed by one or two technical rounds. Candidates often solve a coding problem, discuss past projects, and answer system design questions. Some loops include a take-home task. Final rounds typically cover team fit and give candidates a chance to ask questions. Interviewers look for how you break down an unfamiliar problem, not just whether you reach the answer. Practicing a few problems aloud and reviewing your own past projects are the best preparation.

Good to know

Work in this role often blends structured processes with fast-paced experimentation in a nuclear energy context. Familiarity with digital tools for quality, data, and automation helps professionals contribute effectively in modern engineering environments. Success depends on clear judgment, communication, and the ability to work across technical and regulatory boundaries. This role typically involves both independent execution and collaboration with cross-functional teams.