TerraPower
Nuclear Engineering · Nuclear Energy
72open roles
$186kmedian advertised pay
Scaling fasthiring pace, 77 of 100
31 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
TerraPower is a nuclear technology company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, developing the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt energy storage and producing medical radioisotopes through its TerraPower Isotopes division. Founded in 2006 with Bill Gates as chairman, it is building its first 345 MWe Natrium plant near Kemmerer in Wyoming and supplies actinium-225 for targeted alpha cancer therapies. It hires reactor and systems engineers, senior reactor operator candidates, quality assurance and control specialists, project managers and schedulers, finance, contracts and payroll staff, and training and simulation engineers.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 72 open roles at TerraPower. TerraPower is headquartered in Bellevue, United States. It was founded in 2006. The median pay stated in its open roles is $186k, across 66 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 72Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Bellevue, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2006Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 500+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $186kPay stated in 66 open postings
- Technologies in its job postings
- 64Named in its job postings
Official records
How TerraPower hires
Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
31 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
81%
Reposted roles
0%
TerraPower scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 31 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 81% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 31 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$157k – $210k per year · In office · 6+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bellevue
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$152k – $197k per year · In office · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$127k – $165k per year · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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≈ $125k – $243k per year (Estimated) · In office · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Everett
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$140k – $182k per year · In office · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bellevue
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$152k – $197k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bellevue
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$140k – $182k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bellevue
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$132k – $171k per year · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bellevue
Python
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$149k – $193k per year · In office · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bellevue
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$135k – $180k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Kemmerer
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$196k – $261k per year · In office · Full-Time · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bellevue
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$149k – $193k per year · In office · 10+ years exp · Bellevue
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$186k
Typical range
$92k – $325k
Open positions
69
67
Jobs
Junior
1.5%
Middle
9%
Senior
44.8%
Staff
20.9%
Principal
11.9%
Architect
11.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $107k | $107k |
| Middle | 6 | $151k | $135k – $212k |
| Senior | 30 | $171k | $92k – $295k |
| Staff | 14 | $192k | $127k – $252k |
| Principal | 8 | $193k | $182k – $261k |
| Architect | 8 | $261k | $208k – $325k |
Highest paying role
Director, Supply Chain Operations
$325k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at TerraPower
By role, level and city, against the market · 69 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
77/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
72
16 opened / 28 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
36 days
faster than 37% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
24% ▼
Management
12% ▲
Operations
9% ▲
Legal
7% ▼
Field & Service
7% ▲
Finance
6%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
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Added MBSE to stack
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Added Knowledge Graph to stack
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Added MELCOR to stack
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Added Digital Twin to stack
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Added ICH Guidelines to stack
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Added LLM Guardrails to stack
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Added CMMC to stack
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Added LIMS to stack
Oct 2026
Added Oracle ERP to stack
Oct 2026
Added EVMS to stack
Oct 2026
Added CAPA to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at TerraPower over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
64
Postings analysed
72
Stack modernity
62/100
Languages
Python17%
SQL7%
C++6%
Fortran6%
Databases
Oracle4%
Delta Lake3%
MySQL3%
PostgreSQL3%
Cloud & platforms
Azure8%
Power BI8%
AWS3%
Active Directory3%
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News
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TerraPower's nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
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TerraPower's Natrium reactor begins UK GDA process
TerraPower's Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten-salt-based energy storage system has officially started the UK's Generic Design Assessment process.
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Kemmerer Plans For Man Camp To House 1,600 TerraPower Nuclear Plant Workers
Developers are making proposals to build a man camp for the up to 1,600 workers who will build the TerraPower nuclear power plant near Kemmerer.
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TerraPower starts construction of 'first US utility-scale advanced nuclear plant'
TerraPower has announced the official start of construction on its first Natrium plant, Kemmerer unit 1 in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-chaired company says the unit will be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the United States.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
5
Countries
1
Busiest office
Bellevue
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Bellevue
United States
HQ
General Inquiries
49 open roles 47 posted in 90 days 10% engineering 8% remote 200-500 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Industrial Engineering, Legal
15800 Northup Way, Bellevue, WA 98008
Everett
United States
Regional office
Everett, WA
14 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 50-200 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for QA, Operations, Industrial Engineering
Kemmerer
United States
Plant / site
Kemmerer, WY
9 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $163k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Education, Field & Service
Washington
United States
Washington
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, Finance
North Bethesda
United States
Regional office
North Bethesda
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $92k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative
Loveland
United States
Regional office
Loveland, CO
Colchester
United States
Regional office
Colchester, VT
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Alion, "TerraPower: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/terrapower
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