TITLE:                AI Engineer

LOCATION:       Bellevue, WA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

AI Engineer

TerraPower is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative AI Engineer to join our growing IT team. A successful candidate responds to time-sensitive situations with the right balance of expeditious and orderly actions. A successful candidate will demonstrate integrity, awareness and adaptability working in a diverse team with frequent shifting priorities.

As an AI Engineer, you will play an important role in building out AI tools to support our mission of nuclear energy innovation. From building AI solutions to protecting the organization's digital assets and proprietary information, to ensuring personnel are relying on accurate data. Your responsibilities will include identifying new opportunities to leverage AI and maintaining documentation for existing solutions use and deployments. You will be providing technical support to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the AI's functionality, responding to incidents and relevant AI help desk tickets, training end-users in AI best practices.  You will work daily to achieve the goal of empowering and augmenting TerraPower’s human capital with AI capabilities, recognizing that your work is critical to, the company’s mission of safe and reliable nuclear power.  The AI team’s purpose is to support the nuclear designers and engineers and will build AI systems that fit within their existing work processes.

Key Responsibilities 

•         Strict adherence to established software development and project management procedures, many of which are based on nuclear and international standards.

•         You will build safe and responsible AI systems.

•         Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to discuss product development, identify uses of AI tools, and figure out how to leverage tools to make processes more efficient

•         Drafting, refining, and testing text prompts to make sure they are yielding the desired outcome

•         Collaborate closely with subject matter experts to gather insights and domain knowledge for effective intent creation

•         Ensure the most efficient use of a constellation of different state-of-the-art AI models deployed on our Azure tenant infrastructure.

•         Optimizing text prompts based on feedback from users

•         Staying up to date with the latest developments in AI and machine learning

•         Use LLMs to process large data swaths, create desired outcomes, and shape bot logic

•         Use Excel and basic analysis tools to evaluate the efficiency of the LLM prompts

Qualifications

•         Bachelor's degree in computer science, computational Linguistics, or a related field

•         2+ years experience in developing and deploying web applications. Preference will be given to tools that employ chatbot or conversational AI systems.

•         Ability to quickly learn the quickly evolving fundamentals of modern AI architectures

•         In-depth knowledge of natural language processing techniques

•         2+ years of C# programming with familiarity with other programing languages (Python, R, etc.)

•         Understanding of deep learning architectures and frameworks

•         Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done

•         Have a good intuition for when off-the-shelf solutions will work, but ability to build tools to accelerate your own workflow quickly if they won’t

•         Have the ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines

•         Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team, and implement feedback quickly

•         Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities

•         Strong communication skills

•         (preferred) Fluent in the processes described in IEEE/IEC/ISO 29148:2018.

•         (preferred) 2+ years of experience in an organization with a strong nuclear safety culture (other OSHA compliant organizational cultures can be considered equivalent).

•         (preferred) 2+ years of experience in an organization with classified or similarly controlled records.

•         (preferred) Experience verifying compliance and testing the safety of Generative AI systems.

•         (preferred) One or more prior projects leveraging retrieval augmented generation.

•         (required) One of more prior projects leveraging the OpenAI API (or equivalent).

•         Ability to quantitatively demonstrate the value of your AI solutions in service to a nuclear design organization.

•         Intuitive understanding of cloud computing (containerization, Kubernetes, etc.) and cloud networking (virtual networks, firewalls, etc.) in the Azure ecosystem.

•         Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the following technologies:

·        Microsoft Bot Builder Framework SDK

·        Azure Cosmos DB

·        Azure Bot Service

·        Azure Container Service

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position.  These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

•         Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)

•         Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds

•         Repetitive work: Occasional

•         Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

•         Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day

•         Travel required: 0-5%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.  TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.  To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Government export authorization approval times vary.  Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range Level 9: $95,414 - $143,122

Salary Range Level 10: $109,446 - $164,169

*Typically, our employee salaries are within .90 – 1.0 of the mid-point of the posted salary bands.  Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.  This range is specific to Washington State.

Benefits:

•         Competitive Compensation

•         Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

•         Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits Medical

·        Vision

·        Dental

·        Life

·        Life and Disability

·        Gender Affirmation Benefits

·        Parental Leave

•         401k Plan

•         Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

·        21 days of annually accrued PTO

•         Generous Holiday Schedule

·        10 paid holidays

•         Relocation Assistance

•         Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

•         Flexible Work Schedule

 TerraPower Career and Benefits information:  https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/