Engineer I OR Engineer II - Nuclear Fuels - Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design Team

Duke Energy Corporation•Huntersville, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Duke Energy’s Nuclear Fuels Engineering department is seeking a nuclear professional to join the Brunswick and Oconee Nuclear Design (BOND) group. The group designs and analyzes fuel cycles for Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport, North Carolina, and Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, South Carolina, and performs nuclear criticality safety work for Duke Energy’s six nuclear power plants in North and South Carolina. This position supports BWR core design at Brunswick Nuclear Plant. Depending on the successful candidate’s qualifications, the hiring manager may fill the position at a higher level within the job hierarchy. Students enrolled in an ABET-accredited program and expecting to graduate in December 2026 or May 2027, as well as current graduates, will be considered. The position works in a hybrid office/remote environment after onboarding. The typical schedule is four 10-hour days, with two days in the office and two remote. Hybrid employees must live within a reasonable commute—no more than 50 miles one way—of their designated Duke Energy facility and are expected to report onsite as required, averaging two full workdays per regular workweek. The role involves some travel to other Duke sites, industry sites, and industry conferences or meetings, and occasional off-hours emergent work. Employees may have Emergency Response Organization responsibilities, including callouts with a defined response time and an on-call rotation requiring fitness for duty. The position requires eligibility for nuclear site unescorted access/security clearance.

Requirements

Meet the minimum ANSI requirements for the position under Nuclear Operating Fleet Administrative Procedure AD-LS-ALL-0011, Confirmation of Regulatory Guide 1.8 Personnel Qualifications.
For Engineer I: Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program; a master's degree in Engineering may be considered in lieu of the bachelor's degree.
For Engineer II: Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or a master's degree in Engineering considered in lieu of the bachelor's degree; at least two years of engineering experience and one year of nuclear power plant experience. In lieu of one year of nuclear experience, the selected candidate is subject to oversight and written approval authority of a designated qualified individual until fully qualified.
Ability to achieve nuclear site unescorted access/security clearance.
Ability to meet any assigned Emergency Response Organization responsibilities, including callouts with a defined response time and an on-call duty rotation requiring fitness for duty.
For hybrid work, live within 50 miles one way of the designated Duke Energy facility and report onsite as directed.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Experience with neutronics codes such as PANACEA, SIMULATE, MICROBURN, POLCA, or equivalents.
Experience with nuclear fuel and BWR fuel cycle design analyses.
Experience with BWR control blade management.
Experience with BWR safety analyses.
Experience with BWR reactor engineering and core monitoring activities.
Experience developing and supporting License Amendment Requests and 50.59 Evaluations.
Familiarity with the basic systems of a General Electric BWR.
Project management experience.
Unix and/or Linux workstation experience.
Computer programming experience, such as FORTRAN, Python, or VBA.

Responsibilities

Participate in or lead reload design teams to design fuel cycles.
Develop and verify analyses associated with fuel cycle designs.
Develop, qualify, and maintain in-house codes used to support fuel cycle designs.
Qualify vendor codes used to support fuel cycle designs.
Interface with the fuel vendor during reload design and to support emergent issues.
Perform owner acceptance reviews of vendor calculations.
Interface with site Reactor Engineering personnel to provide technical support as needed.
Perform nuclear criticality safety reviews and analyses.
Participate in technical training activities.
Support BWR core design for Brunswick Nuclear Plant.