Facility Compliance Lead (Nuclear)

Location: Santa Clara, California or remote within the United States. Remote employees must travel to the Santa Clara headquarters twice per quarter based on business or team needs, and must work in person at headquarters for the first two weeks of onboarding. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable export control laws may be eligible.

Salary: $120,000–$180,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops fast fission power plants, nuclear fuel recycling technologies, and a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes.

What you will do

• Develop compliance infrastructure, program frameworks, procedures, and reporting systems for DOE- and NRC-regulated facilities.
• Establish and mature configuration management, corrective action, records management, reporting, and quality assurance interface programs.
• Translate regulatory requirements, license conditions, and commitments into actionable facility-level processes.
• Build compliance matrices, commitment tracking systems, program health indicators, documentation, metrics, and auditable records.
• Lead routine, event-based, and regulatory-required reporting and coordinate with engineering, operations, licensing, and quality teams.
• Support audits, inspections, regulatory interactions, assessments, corrective actions, and scalable compliance approaches for advanced reactor deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience with DOE and/or NRC regulatory frameworks, including 10 CFR 50, 52, 70, 830, or DOE Orders.
• Experience developing, implementing, or overseeing administrative or operational programs in a nuclear or highly regulated environment.
• Experience supporting or leading audits, inspections, or regulatory interactions.
• Strong understanding of compliance documentation, records, and reporting expectations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong organization, attention to detail, traceability, and auditability.

Nice to have

• Experience establishing compliance or quality programs for new or first-of-a-kind facilities.
• Experience with advanced reactor programs or fuel cycle facilities.
• Familiarity with DOE contractor assurance systems or NRC inspection frameworks.
• Experience with digital compliance tools, configuration management systems, or requirements management platforms.
• Background in nuclear operations, licensing, or quality assurance.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment focused on efficient, self-directed work and solving open-ended problems.
• Collaboration across engineering, operations, licensing, and quality disciplines.
• Flexible time off, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and other benefits.
• Equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance with employer contribution, HSA, and FSA.
• Employment may be contingent on successful drug screening, with additional testing possible under company policy and applicable law.