Valar Atomics
Director, Model & Simulation
$225K–$300K
Torrance, California, United States · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years; a strong 10+-year track record with exceptional build-to-deployment credentials will be considered.
- Education
- Master’s degree in engineering (MSc/MEng), or equivalent work experience; PhD strongly preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
About the job
Leads Valar Atomics’ modeling, simulation, and analysis organization, ensuring multidisciplinary analysis supports reactor and plant design and delivers buildable, licensing-ready outputs.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy and standards across CFD, FEA, thermal-hydraulics, and neutronics, including multiphysics integration and verification and validation.
- Build and lead the team, integrate simulation into design, manufacturing, licensing, and construction, and advise executive leadership.
- Own quality, licensing readiness, tools, budget, and improvements to simulation workflow, throughput, and delivery.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in engineering, or equivalent work experience; Nuclear, Mechanical, Aerospace, or a closely related discipline.
- 15+ years in engineering simulation and analysis; a strong 10+-year track record with exceptional build-to-deployment credentials will be considered.
- Demonstrated experience taking modeling and analysis through to design and constructed and/or operating hardware; depth in at least one of CFD, FEA, thermal-hydraulics, or neutronics.
- Experience in a formal quality program and regulated environment; S. Person status or ability to meet U.S. nuclear export-control requirements, and ability to obtain required DOE/NRC access or clearance.
Nice to have
- PhD; hands-on mastery of named simulation tools and ability to direct and review all four disciplines.
- Experience in nuclear licensing and safety, digital engineering, workflow automation, HPC, and analysis-led projects delivered to schedule and quality.
Pay
$225,000 — $300,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Ansys Fluent/CFX, Ansys Mechanical, Flownex SE, RELAP5-3D, TRACE, MELCOR, OpenMC, Python
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