Nuclearn builds an AI platform that automates critical operational workflows for nuclear power plants.
<p></p> <p><strong data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">The Nuclear Company</strong> is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.</p> <p><strong>We operate with an AI-first mindset.</strong> Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.</p> <p><strong>We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before.</strong> Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values—<strong>Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappiness, and Tenacity</strong>—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.</p> <p><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW174644119 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW174644119 BCX0">About the role</span></span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The Nuclear Company is hiring a Lead Metallurgical Process Engineer to define how Project FORGE manufactures ultra-large, safety-critical metal components. This is the foundational technical role on the FORGE Engineering Cell—the person who owns process design from feedstock materials to ultra-large raw-forged components.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":80,"335559739":80}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">This is a role for someone who wants to study the best forging operations in the world, understands the physics that make them work, and then design something fundamentally better. The goal is a step capital efficiency, and quality</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The role will be remote to start with an expected relocation to Washington, DC in 2027.</span></p> <p><strong><span class="EOP SCXW174644119 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">Responsibilities</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Define the process flow for ultra-large forging operations: melting, casting, ingot conditioning, forging sequences, and heat treatment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Study existing world-class facilities (JSW Muroran, Doosan Changwon, Sheffield Forgemasters, CFHI, North American Forgemasters) to understand current best practice, and then systematically challenge assumptions about why each process step exists and how it should be executed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Understand the process steps, parameters, and physical/chemical phenomena that drive homogenization and impurity removal during large ingot casting</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Develop forging process models from first principles: deformation mechanics, thermal profiles, microstructural evolution, and die design for components including reactor pressure vessel shells, steam generator forgings, turbine rotor shafts, and defense applications.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Identify opportunities to fundamentally improve quality, energy consumption, and capital equipment requirements relative to existing global benchmarks.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with the project team to produce equipment cost and construction schedule estimates to drive project stage gate deliverables.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Develop the preliminary process design basis document that will feed into detailed engineering for the melting, forging, and heat treatment shops.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Interface with Japanese and allied technical partners to absorb operational knowledge while maintaining an independent, critical perspective on process design.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}">Experience</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">This role requires genuine metallurgical and metal-forming expertise. But we want someone who holds that expertise as a foundation for rethinking, not as a fixed playbook.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":80,"335559739":80}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Deep understanding of the process steps, parameters, and physical/chemical phenomena that drive homogenization and purity during from stock mater