Aalo Atomics

Aalo Atomics

Senior Structural Engineer

Austin, TX · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
AWSANSYSFEAGeotechnical Engineering

About the role

  • About Aalo Atomics Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated reactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX,
  • we're rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world's first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.

Responsibilities

  • Support the structural design basis for the Aalo reactor building and supporting structures, including load combinations, code applicability, and design criteria documents that carry across the fleet.
  • Support seismic design and qualification per DOE-STD-1020 and ASCE 4/43, including response spectrum and time-history analysis of safety-related structures and SSCs.
  • Develop and review structural calculation packages, stress reports, and design drawings to a standard suitable for DOE safety basis or NRC licensing review.
  • Drive structural input into modular and factory-built configurations, including transportation and handling load cases, lifting and rigging analyses, and field-joint design for shop-to-site assembly.
  • Perform finite element analysis (static, modal, response spectrum, time-history) for reinforced concrete, structural steel, and steel-plate composite elements using ANSYS, ABAQUS, SAP2000, or equivalent.
  • Coordinate with external geotechnical and civil consultants on site-specific items such as foundations, soil-structure interaction inputs, and excavation support, without owning those scopes directly.
  • Review vendor structural deliverables (shop drawings, weld procedures per AWS D1.1 and AISC N690, NDE plans) and resolve technical questions from EPC and manufacturing partners.
  • The Senior Structural Engineer will support the structural design and analysis of the Aalo reactor building and associated structures.
  • This role is responsible for developing design criteria, performing advanced analyses, and ensuring regulatory-ready documentation that can support DOE safety basis and NRC licensing requirements.
  • The position will operate in a fast-paced environment where design, analysis, and documentation occur in parallel.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with sodium-cooled reactor structural considerations: thermal cycling, sodium spill and fire load cases, and secondary containment structural response.
  • Familiarity with NQA-1 quality program requirements for engineering work.
  • Working knowledge of configuration management tools (Jama Connect, Teamcenter, or similar).

Nice to have

  • Based in Austin, TX, we're rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world's first fleet of advanced microreactors.
  • Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.
  • BS in Civil or Structural Engineering.
  • MS or PhD preferred.
  • 8+ years of structural engineering experience, with preferably 4 years on nuclear or other safety-critical facilities (DOE nuclear, NRC-licensed plants, DoD critical infrastructure, LNG, or comparable).
  • Working knowledge of ASCE 7, ACI 318/349, AISC 360/N690, and ASCE 4/43.
  • Proficiency with at least one major FEA package and the hand-calculation discipline to sanity-check FEA output.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary starting at $115,000 Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Paid Time Off Corporate Gym Membership Candidates only.
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