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Nuclear Engineer Sr

Company:
Nalley Consulting
Location:
Reston, VA, 20191
Posted:
May 21, 2026
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Description:

Position: Nuclear Engineer

LCAT: Senior

Location: Reston, Virginia

This position is contingent upon award.

Required clearance: TS/SCI with willingness to take CI poly. Candidates with current CI poly taken within the past seven years will be prioritized.

Required experience: At least 11 years

Required education (Senior): Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering or Physics, 11+ years of experience

Desired certification: Professional Engineering

Description

Nalley Consulting has an outstanding opportunity for a Nuclear Engineer to support on-going research and development efforts and develop new business in technologies for functional characterization of WMD facilities and their associated design.

Join us as a Nuclear Engineer and become a key player in characterizing large-scale and small-scale industrial, commercial, and institutional projects. If you thrive on tackling complex challenges and driving innovation in reverse engineering structural processes, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

The successful candidate will:

Have knowledge of nuclear engineering and sub-disciplines of thermo-hydraulics, seismic or earthquake, physics, computational science, and fission reactor engineering.

Oversee and manage teams conducting analysis of underground WMD facilities and targets including nuclear reactors, reprocessing facilities, storage and related infrastructure.

Conduct vulnerability analyses and assessments to determine defeat options.

Experience with engineering research, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments on foreign nuclear capabilities.

Characterize the structure of WMD facilities, some of which are clandestine

Spearhead projects from vision to reality, delivering on time and within budget

Collaborate seamlessly with project managers, architects, and contractors

Present compelling project reports and updates to stakeholders

Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologiesRequirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering or Physics

11+ years relevant experience

Knowledge of nuclear engineering and sub-disciplines of thermo-hydraulics, seismic or earthquake, physics, computational science, and fission reactor engineering.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Ability to communicate highly technical analyses at a level comprehensible to laymen and senior-level government representatives

Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results

Practical experience in WMD analysis

Understanding of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or missile programs.

Demonstrated ability to produce and comply with IC tradecraft standards.Other desired skills:

Professional Engineering Certification.

Demonstrated ability writing ICD 203 and ICD 206-compliant finished intelligence production.

15 years of experience in solving DoD engineering/science problems.

Military or defense-related experience and an understanding of operational planning and functional defeat of hard targets and underground facilities.

Experience conducting analyses of hard and deeply buried underground facilities.

Experience examining seismic, electrical, or electromagnetics data to characterize underground facilities and hard and deeply buried targets.

Demonstrate in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING

Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.

Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits

PTO

11 paid federal holidays

Tuition assistance

Paid military-reserve leave

Paid parental leave for birth or adoption

401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary

Flex time

Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.

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