Senior Licensing Engineer - Remote
At Lightbridge, we’re pioneering advanced nuclear fuel technology that’s designed to make reactors safer, more efficient, and more responsive to global energy needs. Our mission is bold—and we’re looking for equally bold thinkers to help us bring it to life. If you’re inspired to apply your engineering expertise to make real-world impact, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of clean energy.
About the Role: Licensing Engineer
As a Licensing Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in guiding Lightbridge’s fuel technology through the complex regulatory landscape. Your work will ensure our innovations meet the highest safety and compliance standards, enabling deployment across commercial reactors worldwide. This role is a critical bridge between engineering, policy, and public trust.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Developing and leading topic specific regulatory engagements and/or submittals.
- Developing regulatory analysis and managing regulatory requirements for specific topics.
- Reviewing technical information provided in submittals to ensure alignment between Lightbridge’s regulatory request and the technical bases provided.
- Communicating licensing approach, and regulatory requirements to technical and stakeholder organizations.
- Preparing technical and licensing teams for and leading receipt of topic specific regulatory audits.
- Drafting or supporting the drafting of, and coordinating technical & licensing teams’ formal responses to regulatory requests for additional information.
- Manage schedules and resources for assigned scopes of work.
- Maintaining up-to-date understanding of regulatory frameworks and guidance.
Who You Are
- BS in Nuclear Engineering or related field + 5 years of relevant experience, or MS + 4 years, or PhD + 3 years of relevant experience
- Experience engaging with at least one of the following major regulatory agencies in a licensing or regulatory affairs capacity: U.S. NRC, CNSC, ONR, ASNR, FANR, DOE, NNSA, NR, and state-level nuclear regulator.
- Hands-on experience of operating reactors and/or fuel production facilities.
- Working experience with nuclear fuel designs and associated regulatory submittals.
- Understanding of reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, safety analysis, fuel cycle licensing, and/or nuclear fuel design
- Familiarity with ASME NQA-1 quality assurance standards
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance bonuses including cash and equity awards
- Remote work culture with potential travel
- 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with 100% company match
- Generous Time Off and Family Care
- Up to 32 hours per years of professional development course fees covered
Ready to help license the next generation of nuclear fuel? Join Lightbridge and be part of something extraordinary.
Please submit your resume and cover letter outlining your qualifications, experience, and salary expectations to careers@ltbridge.com.
Resumes from third-party vendors will not be accepted.
About Lightbridge:
Lightbridge is developing Lightbridge Fuel™, an advanced metallic nuclear fuel for use in water-cooled reactors, including in the existing fleet of Nuclear Power Plants and in future water-cooled Small Modular Reactors.
Lightbridge Fuel consists of a metallic uranium-zirconium alloy fuel core and zirconium-alloy cladding which are co-extruded to form monolithic metallic fuel rods with a multi-lobed and helically twisted geometry. The design of Lightbridge Fuel gives it inherently superior technical performance in several key areas as compared to conventional commercial nuclear fuel, including lower fuel operating temperatures, enhanced coolability, and a more robust mechanical design. Lightbridge Fuel simultaneously offers improvements in safety, fuel performance, operational flexibility, power plant economics, and proliferation resistance.
Lightbridge has entered into two long-term framework agreements with Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, the United States Department of Energy’s operating contractor for Idaho National Laboratory, the United States' lead nuclear energy research and development laboratory. DOE’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear program has twice awarded Lightbridge to support the development of Lightbridge Fuel over the past several years. Lightbridge is participating in two university-led studies through the DOE Nuclear Energy University Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University. An extensive worldwide patent portfolio backs Lightbridge’s innovative fuel technology.
Lightbridge Corporation is a publicly traded company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and is included in the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 3000® Index. For more information, please visit www.ltbridge.com.
Lightbridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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