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title: 'Senior Modularization Engineer at Blue Energy'
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# Senior Modularization Engineer at Blue Energy

- **Company:** Blue Energy
- **Location:** Chevy Chase, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/blue-energy/e99178a4-04d0-4816-8b54-344c0ff0e118

## Job description

Company Overview Blue Energy is transforming how nuclear power gets built. Instead of constructing each plant on-site from scratch - a process that takes 10-15 years and is too expensive and unpredictable to finance - we build our plants like ships: in a factory, on an assembly line, then transport and assemble them at the site. This cuts costs by over 60% and brings plants online in just three years. We also pair natural gas with nuclear at our sites, so customers can start receiving power from gas turbines right away and then switch over to clean nuclear power once it comes online - getting energy to the grid faster while nuclear is being built. Our mission is to make nuclear energy abundant, affordable, and repeatable at global scale. We use proven, already-approved reactor designs and work with existing nuclear and industrial sites, giving us a faster path to regulatory approval. By manufacturing this way, we put nuclear power on the same cost-reduction curve that has made wind, solar, and batteries cheaper every year.

## Role Summary

The Senior Modularization Engineer is a hands-on technical lead within Blue Energy’s owner’s engineering team, responsible for executing the day-to-day modularization and shop-fabrication scope for the a major Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power block. The role pairs with a Junior Modularization Engineer to run Blue Energy’s modularization studies — beginning with a Modularization & Fabrication Study being performed by a major fabricator who specializes in modular fabrication. The Senior Engineer is the steady hand on “the art of the possible”: grounding ambitious modularization concepts in fabrication, transport, and installation reality, and managing the substantial project-management scope that a multi-building modularization study carries. Where the Junior Engineer generates concepts and challenges convention, the Senior Engineer pressure-tests them, sequences the work, and ensures deliverables land on schedule and to Blue Energy’s quality and information-management standards.

## Key Responsibilities

- Study & SOW Execution
- Own: day-to-day delivery of Blue Energy’s modularization scopes of work, beginning with the SMR Modularization & Fabrication Study; manage the Fabricator’s progress against the SOW, track deliverables, and steward stage-gate reviews and formal acceptance.
- Coordinate: the hybrid kickoff, virtual midpoint, and final review workshops across Blue Energy, the SMR OEM, and the Fabricator.
- Technical Reality-Checking (“Art of the Possible”)
- Assess: module and supermodule concepts for fabrication efficiency, transportability, lift / rigging feasibility, and site assembly sequence.
- Distinguish: concepts achievable within the SMR plant from those that would require design changes the OEM may not accept, preserving standard-plant design intent.
- Module Breakdown, Interfaces & Approval Authority
- Review and recommend: optimized module / supermodule breakdowns across the SMR buildings.
- Review: interface control documentation (ICDs), tolerances, fit-up requirements, and responsibility allocation; uphold Blue Energy’s retained approval authority over the final breakdown.
- Enforce: the Blue Energy transport envelope as a binding constraint; verify module conformance and quantify any exceedance.
- Project Management of Modularization Scope
- Maintain: study schedules, deliverable registers, action / decision logs, and risk / open-item tracking; manage the large coordination load across owner, OEM, AE, and Fabricator.
- Review: ROM cost and schedule estimates, fabrication-yard layouts, and throughput estimates; sanity-check assumptions and the conventional-construction baseline comparison.
- Quality & Information Management
- Ensure: deliverables comply with Blue Energy’s Information Management Framework (OIR / AIR / EIR) and ISO 19650 — native and interoperable formats, defined Levels of Information Need, naming conventions, and metadata.
- Flag: quality-classification (10 CFR 50 Appendix B / NQA-1) and inspection-access implications arising from proposed module boundaries.
- Partner Interface & Mentorship
- Serve: as a primary technical point of contact to SMR OEM and the Fabricator on modularization; translate SMR design intent into modularization requirements and back.
- Mentor: the Junior Modularization Engineer, providing technical backup and helping shape creative concepts into decision-ready options.

## Minimum Qualifications

- 7–12 years of engineering experience on major power, nuclear, offshore, petrochemical, or heavy-industrial projects, with substantial modularization / modular construction content.
- Demonstrated ownership of modularization scope from concept through fabrication, transport, and site installation.
- Strong project-management capability: schedule, deliverable management, interface and risk tracking, and vendor / contractor oversight.
- Sound grasp of constructability, heavy transport and lift engineering, and design-for-modularization across disciplines (civil / structural, mechanical, piping, electrical / I&C).
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with nuclear modular construction and familiarity with the BWRX-300 or comparable SMR / large reactor designs.
- Familiarity with 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, NQA-1, ASME, AWS, and IEEE, and with NRC construction oversight.
- Familiarity with ISO 19650 information management and Common Data Environment (CDE) workflows.
- Experience interfacing with reactor OEMs (e.g., GVH / GVHNE), EPC contractors, and fabrication yards.
- Exposure to shipyard / offshore fabrication techniques applied to land-based plant construction.

We look forward to your application and helping foster an era of safe, clean, affordable, and abundant energy. Blue Energy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Blue Energy now or in the future.

## About Blue Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Blue Energy designs and manufactures modular nuclear power plants using mature light water reactor technology, aiming to deliver scalable, reliable, and affordable clean energy.
- **Entity Type**: Private (startup stage; funding rounds not disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: United States (specific city not publicly disclosed)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Jake Jurewicz (CEO & Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Nuclear energy (small modular reactors / advanced nuclear)
- **Target customers**: Utilities, data center operators, industrial off-takers (B2B, large-scale)
- **Mission statement**: “Delivering abundant, reliable, and affordable energy to accelerate a safe and lasting era of progress.”

## Products & Services
- **Blue Energy Modular Nuclear Plant**: A small modular reactor (SMR) design using light water reactors with passive safety features. The plant is prefabricated at shipyards or fab yards, allowing fixed-price contracting and a claimed 3-year timeline to energize the turbine hall with gas (nuclear island follows later). The complete plant is designed for project finance. Blue Energy finances, builds, owns, and operates the plants, selling power through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly available; targeting $5,000/kW capital cost and a 3-year build time for initial power generation.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed. The NRC (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is engaged in pre‑application activities (Docket 99902137).
- **Growth Signals**: Active regulatory engagement with the NRC (pre‑application since March 2025); growing team with open roles in engineering, project development, and licensing.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Modular manufacturing**: Plants are built in existing fab yards and shipyards, reducing on-site construction risk and cost.
- **Fixed-price contracting**: De-risks construction for customers by guaranteeing cost and schedule.
- **Simplified safety**: Reactor building submerged in a water pool provides passive cooling and reduces need for nuclear‑grade components.
- **Hybrid energization timeline**: Turbine hall can be powered by natural gas in ~3 years while the nuclear island is licensed and installed, giving off-takers early power and revenue certainty.
- **Turn-key model**: No upfront capital from customers; Blue Energy owns and operates the plant.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling new nuclear megawatts as fast as possible by working with regulators (NRC) and securing offtake agreements for firm, dispatchable baseload power.
- Targeting accelerating load growth from data centers and heavy industry.
- Building a multi‑disciplinary team of nuclear experts, engineers, and energy operators.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “pragmatic and results‑oriented” with a singular focus on deploying nuclear power this decade. Team includes former NRC leaders, energy executives, and engineers from MIT and Exelon.
- **Work environment**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid; roles appear location‑dependent (likely office/hybrid in the US).
- **Opportunity**: Chance to work on one of the few advanced nuclear designs currently engaged with the NRC, with a clear path to construction.
- **Open roles** (as of mid‑2025): Director of Project Development, Lead Electrical & I&C Engineer, Senior Licensing Engineer, Lead Nuclear and Fuels Engineer, and others.

## Sources
1. [blueenergy.co](https://www.blueenergy.co/)
2. [blueenergy.co/about](https://blueenergy.co/about/)
3. [blueenergy.co/careers](https://blueenergy.co/careers/)
4. [blueenergy.co/team](https://blueenergy.co/team/)
5. [nrc.gov – Blue Energy pre-application](https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/advanced/who-were-working-with/pre-application-activities/blue-energy)

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