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Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable-unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level.\nThe Team \nAs part of the Regulations & Safetyorganization, Quality Assurance establishesthe systems and standards that ensure products and processes consistently meet the highest levels of quality and compliance. The team promotes continuous improvement and operational excellence across the company. \nThe Role \nAs a Production Quality Technician, you will support quality execution directly on the production floor for HTGR reactor component and fuel-related manufacturing activities. This role sits within the Torrance manufacturing and fuel fabrication environment.\nThis role supports the execution of quality processes directly where production work occurs by assisting operators, technicians, and engineers in maintaining procedural compliance, traceability integrity, and execution discipline under real-world production conditions. You will work closely with Production Quality Supervisors and Engineers to perform in-process and final inspections, support hold points, and maintain the records that keep production quality traceable and audit-ready.\nThis is not a passive support role or inspection-only position. 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