Seeking a Staff Nuclear Engineer to provide technical expertise across the nuclear design and analysis of Kaleidos, solving multidisciplinary reactor design challenges.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership across reactor physics, core performance, shielding, dose and activation, thermal-hydraulics, safety analysis, I&C, and reactor operations.
Own complex nuclear engineering projects from requirements capture and design iteration through model development, analysis, technical review, and final documentation.
Perform and guide analyses of criticality, reactivity control, shutdown margin, power distribution, depletion, temperature feedback, radiation transport, dose, activation, and shielding performance.
Develop, review, and improve high-fidelity neutron and radiation transport models used to support reactor design, safety, testing, and regulatory evaluations.
Translate analytical results into actionable requirements and design decisions affecting the core, shielding, control systems, instrumentation, fluid systems, structures, and surrounding hardware.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or a related technical discipline
Nice to have: Master’s degree or Ph.D. in nuclear engineering
Radiation shielding engineers provide analysis for future designs, consulting services and support to construction activities for submarines, training ships, and prototypes within nuclear programs.
Responsibilities
Collaborating within a team environment to develop and maintain shield designs and associated software tools.
Working to resolve emergent construction support inquiries.
Developing code within the current shield design methods.
Interfacing with designers, shipyard personnel, the Naval Nuclear Laboratories and the Navy customer.
Requirements
Bachelor's of Science in Nuclear Engineering
Bachelor's of Science in Physics
Nice to have: Masters or PhD in Nuclear Engineering
Nice to have: Masters or PhD in Physics (Nuclear focus)