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Join Applied Atomics.

BUILT TO ACTUALLY GET DEPLOYED.

BUILT TO ACTUALLY GET DEPLOYED.

Our team has spent decades building ambitious infrastructure projects. Along the way, we learned how to spot the best in the industry. We hire highly skilled, execution-focused people across engineering, operations, and business who've proven they can deliver.

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Unrivaled Experience

  • Lean by Design

    Small, dense, and accountable. Built to move fast without the bloat.

  • Flat and Hands-On

    Every manager is a working manager. Minimal layers, maximum ownership.

  • No Ego. No Paralysis.

    We act with urgency and decisiveness — bureaucracy has no place here.

  • Historic Mission

    We're building something transformative and hold ourselves to that standard every day.

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Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineer (Lead)

Own the technical development of our reactor core, fuel, and nuclear systems — spanning reactor physics, neutronics, shielding, safety, and licensing. A foundational hire with broad responsibility.

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Nuclear Engineering

Fuels Engineer

Support the design and development of our nuclear fuel system — evaluating commercial fuel designs, modeling performance, assessing material behavior, and coordinating with fuel suppliers.

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Nuclear Engineering

Mechanical Engineer (Nuclear / Reactor Systems)

Design high-reliability mechanical systems for our reactor — precision motion, actuation mechanisms, structural components, and safety-related assemblies. No prior nuclear experience required.

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Nuclear Engineering

Mechanisms Engineer

Design and validate critical reactor mechanisms including reactivity control, safety system actuators, and high-reliability motion systems in high-temperature, radiation environments.

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Mechanical Engineering

Sr. Mechanical Engineer (Balance of Plant)

Lead design and build-out of major BOP systems — main steam, feedwater, condensate, air-cooled condenser, and heat exchangers — end-to-end from concept through commissioning.

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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineer (Balance of Plant)

Support design of major thermal-fluid plant systems alongside senior engineers. Own analysis, CAD, vendor coordination, and system integration on a first-of-a-kind nuclear power plant.

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Infrastructure

High-Power Electrical Engineer

Lead design of high- and medium-voltage electrical systems for our FOAK nuclear plant — switchyards, MV/LV distribution, protective relaying, and power system modeling across the full plant lifecycle.

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Infrastructure

Infrastructure Engineer

Lead civil, structural, and site development engineering for our nuclear plant and facilities — from nuclear island structures to site-wide drainage, grading, and utility systems.

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Design

CAD Designer

Build detailed 3D models, assemblies, and fabrication-ready drawings in Siemens NX across our reactor, BOP, and plant systems. A foundational design role helping set our modeling standards.

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Our team brings together proven leaders and operators with backgrounds spanning large-scale infrastructure, space, energy, and nuclear, along with founders and operators from the tech world. The people committed to joining Applied Atomics are top-tier industry doers, with 80% carrying deep heavy infrastructure experience and 50% with a background in nuclear.