Offer summary

Qualifications:

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering with relevant experience ranging from 2 to 20 years., Strong computational expertise and experience with nuclear engineering software such as MCNP and DIF3D., Knowledge of core design, fuel management optimization, and reactivity coefficients is essential., Excellent verbal communication skills and professionalism in regulatory compliance are required..

Key responsibilities:

Perform core design and analysis activities for advanced nuclear reactors, focusing on fuel management and reactivity coefficients.

Design and analyze new systems to solve complex nuclear engineering problems.

Establish and maintain documentation of analysis results and neutronic design solutions.

Collaborate with operations and reactor engineers to support engineering teams and enhance software development.

Job description

Our client Is seeking a highly motivated Nuclear Design/Reload Engineer. In this role, you will:

Perform core design and analysis activities of advanced nuclear reactors, including calculation and optimization of fuel management, power distributions, reactivity coefficients, control rod worth and shutdown margin, sensitivity and uncertainties, and support of reactor operational interfaces, consistent with required functional and quality requirements
Design and analyze new systems for solving complex problems
Design and execute sensitivity studies to understand the effects and validity of various modeling assumptions, including meshing, physics coupling, transport options, cross section preparation, fission product treatment, spatial kinetics, etc., and help build corrected methods if necessary
Establish and maintain documentation of analysis results and neutronic design solutions
Work at Client is dynamic and evolutionary. As such, new responsibilities often arise, and you should be capable of and excited about learning and applying specialized skills.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

Experience

B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 5-20 years’ experience
M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 3-15 years’ experience
Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 2-10 years’ experience
Competitive candidates will typically have the above experience, but less experienced candidates with significant commercial reactor experience with be considered on a case-by-case basis
Experience with commercial reactor reload analysis is strongly preferred
Knowledgeable or highly motivated to quickly learn basic nuclear reactor design concepts to meaningfully support engineering team with understanding of systems being designed and code being reviewed
Experience in core design and analysis including fuel management optimization, reactivity coefficients, shielding and activation, control rod worth and uncertainty analysis.
Experience with interfacing with Operations as well as Reactor Engineers is a plus
Strong computational expertise: we like to consider computers as the universe at our fingertips rather than burdensome necessities
Experience with nuclear engineering software such as DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, MCNP, Serpent, SCALE, PARCS, APA, CASMO/SIMULATE, DRAGON, etc.
Good working knowledge of nuclear and/or general numerical methods (e.g. PDEs, dynamics, deterministic and stochastic particle transport, isotopic depletion, perturbation theory, nuclear data, kinetics, etc.)
Excellent verbal and communication skills
Ability and professionalism to work within published regulatory guidelines for nuclear reactor design
Experience in transient analysis, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, etc. desired
Fast reactor experience or experience with Core Operating Limits Report/Tech Specs is desired
An ability to perform professional-quality software development for nuclear applications is preferred
Strong programming skills in any language is a plus
Experience working in NQA-1 environments desired
Maintain software by working with team to implement clearly defined enhancement requests and bug fixes
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.