# Fuel Development Engineer at Standard Nuclear

- Company: Standard Nuclear
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.standardnuclear.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Idaho Falls, ID
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/standardnuclearinc/jobs/5428703008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/standard-nuclear-fuel-development-engineer-2/

## About the role

The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer supports Standard Nuclear’s fuel development and manufacturing programs by contributing to process development, fuel material fabrication, characterization, testing, and technical documentation. This role works across engineering, laboratory, and manufacturing environments to help develop reliable processes for advanced nuclear fuel production.

## What they're looking for

- Support development and optimization of nuclear fuel fabrication processes
- Assist with planning and execution of experiments, process trials, and technical demonstrations
- Evaluate process parameters, operating conditions, and material behavior to improve repeatability and product consistency
- Support scale-up of fuel development activities from laboratory or pilot work into manufacturing workflows
- Help identify process limitations, sources of variation, and opportunities for yield or throughput improvement
- Support hands-on work involving nuclear fuel materials, metallic fuels, alloying, casting, thermal processing, and related fabrication steps

Tags: Engineering