As a Design Criteria Engineer at General Matter, you'll define the engineering ground rules that every part of the facility is built to. You'll own the design criteria and design basis for the facility's systems, structures, and components — translating safety functions, regulatory requirements, and codes and standards into clear, defensible engineering criteria that the rest of the design organization builds against. This is a systems-level role that connects the safety analysis to the steel: your criteria capture how safety-significant systems, structures, and components must perform, how the facility withstands natural phenomena and external events, and how design decisions trace back to the Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA). DOE facilities develop design basis documents and natural phenomena hazard criteria under DOE-STD-1020 and DOE-STD-1189 using the same underlying logic as the NRC framework here — so DOE design basis experience carries over directly to this role.

Develop, document, and maintain design criteria and the design basis for systems, structures, and components (SSCs) across the facility.

Translate safety functions and regulatory and code requirements into clear engineering design criteria.

Establish design criteria for natural phenomena hazards (e.g., seismic, wind, flood) and external events as applicable.

Define load combinations, environmental conditions, and applicable codes and standards for design.

Review designs, calculations, and specifications for conformance to established design criteria.

Coordinate with the ISA, criticality safety, consequence, fire protection, and structural/mechanical teams to ensure design criteria reflect the facility safety basis.

Maintain configuration control of design criteria and design basis documents.

Maintain accurate documentation and records to support audits and regulatory reviews.

Nuclear Design Basis Engineer

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