Senior Nuclear Supplier Quality Engineer

United States·Torrancesenior

Supplier Quality EngineerProcurement & Purchasing

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Key Responsibilities

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Supplier Quality EngineerProcurement & Purchasing

Responsibilities

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→Own and lead supplier quality activities across Valar Atomics’ safety-significant, quality-affecting, and nuclear-grade suppliers—including reactor components, fuel system hardware, specialty materials, instrumentation, fabricated assemblies, and special process providers.
→Participating in Valar Atomics’ Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD) program end-to-end: dedication methodology development, critical characteristics definition, technical evaluation plan construction, sampling strategy, CGD Plan review and approval, and Commercial Grade Survey execution.
→Plan, lead, and own nuclear supplier qualification programs, including supplier audit planning and execution, NQA-1 compliance assessment, process capability evaluation, documentation review, and formal qualification record development.
→Develop and maintain Valar Atomics’ nuclear supplier quality requirements framework, including purchase order quality clause libraries, NQA-1-aligned flow-down requirements, supplier quality plan standards, and source inspection criteria.
→Investigate and resolve complex or systemic nuclear supplier nonconformances using structured root cause and corrective action methodology, ensuring technically defensible outcomes with appropriate regulatory traceability.
→Develop and maintain supplier performance measurement systems, risk-tiered oversight frameworks, and supplier development programs for nuclear-grade and safety-significant suppliers.
→Support NRC, DOE, NNSA, customer quality representative, and external auditor engagements on supplier quality topics, including documentation preparation, technical interface, and finding resolution.
→Mentor Supplier Quality Engineers, contribute to organizational capability development on nuclear quality principles, and help institutionalize nuclear supplier quality disciplines across the team.
→Develop nuclear supplier quality procedures, CGD work instructions, qualification frameworks, and quality system documentation aligned with NQA-1 and applicable regulatory requirements.

Basic Qualifications

→Bachelor's degree plus 5+ years of nuclear industry experience, OR
→Graduate of the U.S. Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program plus 3+ years of nuclear experience, OR 10+ years of direct nuclear industry experience without a bachelor's degree.

Additional qualifications include:

→Experience with nuclear quality assurance and supplier quality principles.
→Knowledge of NQA-1 and nuclear supplier qualification requirements.
→Strong technical judgment and critical-thinking skills.
→Ability to independently lead supplier audits, assessments, and quality investigations.
→Strong written and verbal communication skills.
→Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Procurement, Regulatory, Operations, and supplier organizations.
→Ability to travel to supplier facilities as required.