Project Controls and Integration Lead

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-many model, we're accelerating the deployment of safe, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy.

We operate with an AI-first mindset. Every employee is expected to leverage AI, technology, and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) as integral components of their role to improve the quality, speed, and impact of their work. We expect every team member to continuously identify opportunities to automate workflows, enhance decision-making, improve processes, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of NOS as a strategic operating capability that enables The Nuclear Company to scale with excellence.

We hire people who are driven by purpose, thrive in ambiguity, and are energized by building what has never been built before. Our team combines intellectual curiosity with high agency, embraces candid feedback and continuous learning, and holds themselves and others to exceptional standards. Our values—Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Scrappiness, and Tenacity—guide how we hire, collaborate, and make decisions every day. They are not words on a wall; they are the standard by which we operate. TRUST is the foundation of our safety culture, fostering intellectual honesty, accountability, and open communication, while our values challenge every team member to execute with urgency, humility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to our mission.

About the role

The Nuclear Company is hiring a Project Controls and Integration Lead for the FORGE Engineering Cell. This role will create schedules and keep the team synchronized through the completion of Front End Loading (FEL) deliverables, and produce project cost and schedule forecasts as the rest of the team originates basic project data. 

This is not a traditional project management role. The person in this seat must be technically fluent enough to participate in process and design discussions, sharp enough to identify when workstreams are diverging or when assumptions are inconsistent, and organized enough to turn a team of creative technical thinkers into a team that delivers

The role will be remote to start with an expected relocation to Washington, DC in 2027.

Responsibilities

• Manage the FORGE Engineering Cell’s study program: schedule, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies. 
• Integrate outputs from the process engineer and equipment engineers into unified design basis documents. 
• Incorporate basic data from the team into cost and schedule estimates 
• Identify and resolve conflicts between workstreams—for example, when the optimal process flow conflicts with the optimal facility layout. 
• Support government stakeholder deliverables with technically substantive project documentation. 
• Track risks, open questions, and design decisions in a structured way that enables rapid decision-making. 
• Prepare and present integrated project status to TNC leadership. 

Experience

• Exceptional organizational and communication skills: the ability to distill complex technical tradeoffs into clear decision frameworks. 
• Experience on megaprojects or large capital programs, ideally in a technical integrator or lead project engineer role. 
• Intimate knowledge and experience working with a FEL stage gate framework 
• Strong technical foundation in engineering (mechanical, industrial, chemical, or similar)—enough to be a credible participant in technical discussions, not just an observer. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, ambiguous, early-stage projects where the scope itself is evolving. 
• 4–8 years of experience in project engineering or technical program management in heavy industry, energy, aerospace, or defense. 

Personal Attributes 

• A systems thinker who sees the connections between workstreams before they become problems. 
• Comfortable being the person who asks “how does this fit together?” when everyone else is deep in their own domain. 
• Energized by building structure around creative work without killing the creativity. 
• Calm under ambiguity, decisive when needed. 

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision plans
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

Estimated Starting Salary Range
The estimated starting salary range for this role is $150,000 - $173,000 annually less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. The actual salary offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined in the Company’s discretion, which may include experience, qualifications, tenure, skill set, availability of qualified candidates, geographic location, certifications held, and other criteria deemed pertinent to the particular role. 

EEO Statement
The Nuclear Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an environment of inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, and termination.