About Aalo Atomics Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Backed by Kindred Venture Capitals.
About the role
The Safeguards and Security Lead establishes and leads the Idaho Falls safeguards, physical security, access-control, and nuclear material security program supporting CTR, Aalo-0, Aalo-X, construction, testing, and operations. The Lead protects personnel, facilities, sensitive information, equipment, and nuclear material through graded, threat-informed controls that remain aligned with the applicable DOE authorization basis and future regulatory requirements.
What they're looking for
- Two or more years in a leading security or safeguards role at a commercial nuclear power plant, DOE nuclear facility, national laboratory, nuclear-fuel-cycle facility, or comparable high-security operation
- Demonstrated experience protecting, controlling, or accounting for special nuclear material or other regulated nuclear material, including receipt, storage, movement, inventory, anomaly response, and transfer interfaces
- Experience coordinating with DOE, national laboratories, law enforcement, emergency management, transportation organizations, regulators, and armed or contract protective forces
- Strong judgment, discretion, investigative skill, written communication, and ability to act decisively on sensitive or incomplete information
- Bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice, nuclear technology, engineering, physical science, or a related field preferred, substantial directly applicable experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree
- U.S. citizenship
More about this role
The Safeguards and Security Lead establishes and leads the Idaho Falls safeguards, physical security, access-control, and nuclear material security program supporting CTR, Aalo-0, Aalo-X, construction, testing, and operations. The Lead protects personnel, facilities, sensitive information, equipment, and nuclear material through graded, threat-informed controls that remain aligned with the applicable DOE authorization basis and future regulatory requirements. This role reports to the Senior Vice President, Nuclear Operations, with direct access to the CEO for significant security, insider-threat, or nuclear material concerns. This role includes responsibility for the physical security of the Austin TX Manufacturing and Office facilities.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the safeguards and security program, plans, procedures, post orders, security risk assessments, performance measures, and corrective-action processes for Idaho Falls activities.
- Develop and implement a physical security program for the Austin TX Manufacturing and Office facilities.
- Establish graded physical-protection measures for site boundaries, protected areas, buildings, vital equipment, construction...
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