--- title: 'Field Engineer (New Grad) at General Matter' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/field-engineer-new-grad-general-matter-paducah-ggx68jfy8esk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Field Engineer (New Grad) at General Matter - **Company:** General Matter - **Location:** Paducah, KY - **Posted:** 2026-11-02 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter/jobs/5466633008 ## Job description ## About the Company General Matter is enriching uranium in America. Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States. Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors. Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society. We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency. Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable. ## About This Role As a Construction Field Engineer at General Matter, you'll be on the ground in Paducah from the first months of construction on our flagship uranium enrichment facility. It's a first-of-a-kind plant being built on the site of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which helped fuel America for sixty years. You'll be the link between design and the field. You'll turn drawings and specifications into installed work, catch problems before they cost the schedule, and build the record that shows the plant was built right. Most new-grad field engineers start at a large contractor, as one of dozens on a job, and get moved to a new state every eighteen months. Here you'll sit on the owner's team for one project of national importance. You'll own real scopes of work early and work directly alongside the superintendents, engineers, and quality team delivering it. You'll see how a nuclear facility comes together from cleared ground to turnover, and you'll help build it. If you seek high impact and are excited by fast-paced, intense, Skunkworks-style projects, we encourage you to apply to join our team. ## Responsibilities Field Engineering & Constructability - Interpret drawings, specifications, and shop drawings for craft and subcontractor crews, and flag constructability issues to engineering before they reach the field - Draft and track RFIs and submittals for assigned work packages from the first question through the engineering response and closure - Perform quantity takeoffs, track installed quantities and percent complete, and report field progress to project controls and the master schedule - Verify survey, layout, and as-built data for foundations, embeds, underground utilities, and structural steel - Coordinate material deliveries, laydown, and equipment needs with superintendents and subcontractors to keep work fronts moving Quality & Documentation - Coordinate inspection and test plan hold points with Quality Control, and help verify that installed work meets drawings, specifications, and nuclear quality requirements - Maintain daily reports, progress photos, and field records that become part of the facility's permanent quality and turnover record - Support punch-list walks, as-built markups, and turnover package preparation for completed systems Safety & Field Coordination - Help prepare Job Hazard Analyses and take part in daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, and field safety walks - Serve as the day-to-day field contact for subcontractor foremen on assigned scopes, raising issues early and closing them out quickly - Grow into ownership of a defined scope of work, such as a site utility system or a building's foundations, from mobilization through turnover ## Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Civil, Construction, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, or Construction Management, completed by [Month 2027] - Evidence of exceptional ability (construction internships or co-ops, engineering competition teams, hands-on projects, completed builds, etc.) - Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications - Ability to work outdoors on an active construction site in all weather conditions, including walking uneven terrain, climbing ladders and stairs, and wearing required PPE - Valid driver's license - Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance and access authorization ## Preferred Skills and Experience - Construction internship or co-op experience, especially on industrial, power generation, data center, semiconductor, or other mission-critical projects - EIT certification or a passing score on the FE exam - OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification - Familiarity with Procore, Bluebeam, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, or Primavera P6 - Exposure to nuclear, DOE, or NQA-1 quality programs - Leadership on an engineering competition team (ASCE Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Solar Decathlon, etc.) or in a student organization - Military service, trades experience, or other hands-on leadership experience - Bias toward action and comfort making decisions with incomplete information in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment - Interest in building a long-term career on a single flagship project rather than moving from job to job Additional Requirements Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary. ## Equal Opportunity Employer General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. ## Compensation and Benefits The base salary range for this role is $96,000-$107,000 annually. Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan. ## About General Matter ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Nuclear energy – uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel supply chain - **Target customers**: Nuclear power plant operators (civilian reactors, small modular reactors, microreactors), data center operators, industrial manufacturers, and government/defense entities - **Mission**: “Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel” and “make the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable” [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) ## Products & Services - **Low Enriched Uranium (LEU)**: Enrichment of uranium to 3-5% U-235 for existing US civilian reactors (supplying ~20% of US grid power) - **High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)**: Enrichment to 5-20% U-235 for next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors - **Enrichment as a Service**: Novel, scalable, cost-competitive enrichment technology to fill the critical gap in the US nuclear fuel cycle (conversion → enrichment → deconversion/fabrication) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Currently hiring for 64+ roles across engineering, construction, legal, and operations; actively building enrichment capacity - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Described as backed by “institutions” and “generational companies” – specific names not publicly available [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Growth Signals**: Aggressive hiring across multiple disciplines; establishing a physical presence in Los Angeles (HQ) and Paducah, Kentucky (construction/manufacturing); addressing a critical national security gap (US currently performs <1% of global enrichment) ## Competitive Advantages - **Domestic enrichment technology**: Novel, proprietary enrichment process designed to be cheaper, more reliable, and scalable compared to foreign state-backed competitors - **National security moat**: Sole US-focused enrichment startup aiming to break dependence on Russian and Chinese supply chains - **Talent pool**: Attracts high-caliber individuals from nuclear engineering, technology, finance, and special operations backgrounds - **First-mover in HALEU**: Positioned to fuel the next wave of advanced reactors and behind-the-meter power for AI data centers ## Strategic Focus - **Scale domestic enrichment capacity**: Build and operate enrichment facilities in the US (Los Angeles and Paducah) - **Support AI and manufacturing growth**: Provide reliable, emissions-free baseload power for compute and industrial expansion - **Enable advanced reactors**: Supply HALEU for SMRs and microreactors, opening new markets in remote and austere environments - **Strengthen US energy independence**: Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel production ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: High standards, extreme ownership, copious autonomy, deep trust, zero politics – described as “work with the best across nuclear, tech and finance” [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Work environment**: On-site roles in Los Angeles, CA (engineering, nuclear, legal) and Paducah, KY (construction, procurement); no remote/hybrid options explicitly stated - **Notable perks**: Mission-driven work with national impact; opportunity to solve a critical energy and security challenge; flat organization with high agency - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on control systems, embedded software, simulation, DevOps, and nuclear safety engineering; also seeks creative minds and numbers savants ## Sources 1. [generalmatter.com](https://generalmatter.com/) 2. [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) 3. [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) 4. [generalmatter.com/technology](https://generalmatter.com/technology/) 5. 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