Hiring: Director of Licensing Company: Valar Atomics Location: Torrance, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 15:08:37 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Regulatory Compliance About the job Experience: •Advanced reactor, research reactor, or first-of-a-kind technology licensing experience. Required Skills: •Establish and lead the licensing organization: staffing, role definition, workload allocation across concurrent projects, and development of licensing engineers and project leads. •Set the regulatory strategy for each facility and project, including selection and sequencing of authorization and licensing pathways and preservation of pathway options. •Own the licensing function's processes and infrastructure: intake and triage workflows, review and active-approval processes, comment and commitment tracking, document production standards, and knowledge management. •Serve as the senior company point of contact with regulator leadership; negotiate review paths, schedules, and engagement protocols before reviews begin. •Oversee maintenance of the licensing bases for operating facilities, including change control and amendment strategy. •Approve regulatory submittals and ensure they are complete, accurate, and consistent with licensing strategy and commitments. •Ensure program owners receive the regulatory briefings, compliance matrices, templates, and guardrails needed to develop compliant programs without duplication. •Establish metrics and drive continuous improvement in licensing efficiency, rigor, and rework avoidance. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related science field. •Fifteen (15) or more years of nuclear licensing and regulatory affairs experience, or related experience, including leadership of licensing teams and direct interaction with regulators. •Demonstrated experience developing and submitting major license applications or safety basis documents and managing regulator reviews to approval. •Advanced degree in engineering, science, or a related field. Compensation: •Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!