Joblaze summary

The Licensing Engineer III at Valar Atomics plays a crucial role in developing and managing licensing applications and safety documents, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This position requires extensive experience in nuclear licensing and strong technical writing skills, as the engineer will mentor junior staff and coordinate with subject-matter experts. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in regulatory affairs, particularly in advanced reactor or fuel facility licensing. Valar Atomics fosters a collaborative environment, emphasizing autonomy and impactful contributions to the future of clean energy.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Valar Atomics's careers page October 27, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$129,391).
Starts above 58% of 1270 comparable senior other roles in United States we track (median $144,000 across 186 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Licensing Engineer III role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in Torrance, California, United States.
What's the salary range?: Valar Atomics lists $151,364–$220,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Licensing Engineer III role.
Where is the role based?: Valar Atomics is hiring for this position in Torrance, California, United States.
What seniority level is this role?: Valar Atomics targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Licensing Engineer III role at Valar Atomics.

From the original posting

The Team

As part of the Regulations & Safety organization, Regulatory & Licensing manages engagement with regulatory authorities and supports licensing activities for Valar's technologies and facilities. The team ensures regulatory compliance while advancing strategic business objectives. 

The Role

The Licensing Engineer 3 is a senior licensing engineer who develops assigned portions of license applications and safety basis documents and owns assigned chapters or topic areas end-to-end: planning inputs, authoring, coordinating subject-matter-expert (SME) review, and resolving regulator comments to closure. Senior engineers set the standard for document development and mentor other licensing staff.

Key Responsibilities

Author assigned application and safety basis content following the structure and order of the governing regulations, standards, and guidance.
Build and maintain compliance matrices and regulatory conformance descriptions for assigned requirements, including graded-approach positions.
Populate content derived from source documents and annotate it with the source document identifier and revision, then route it to the cognizant SME to verify the source and confirm correctness, minimizing SME authoring burden.
Identify the specific SME inputs required for assigned scope; coordinate active SME review and approval within defined swim lanes.
Prepare responses to regulator requests and comments for assigned scope; track resolution to closure.
Maintain assigned chapter care packages: reference sets, current inputs, and approved baselines.
Mentor other licensing engineers and review their work products.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related science field.
Ten (10) or more years of experience in nuclear licensing, regulatory affairs, or related experience, including regulatory document or safety analysis authorship.
Strong technical writing and document planning skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Direct regulator interaction experience (requests for additional information, audits, meetings).
Advanced reactor, research reactor, or fuel facility licensing experience.
Experience mentoring or leading document development teams.

Salary

$151,364—$220,000 USD

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Licensing Engineer III

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