Natrium Lead Pump Engineer

TerraPower LLC.•Bellevue, WA

7d•$168,316 - $252,475•Onsite

About The Position

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university and 12+ years direct experience. Advanced degrees can be accepted in lieu of experience.
Experience in centrifugal or axial pump design, preferably reactor coolant pump design.
Experience applying ASME Section III Code design, preferably with rotating equipment.
Knowledge and demonstrated experience with pump testing or qualification programs.
Knowledge and demonstrated experience of electric motor operation and electromechanical concepts.
Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.
Attention to detail and aspiration for technical excellence.
Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate and lead a design team’s effort with minimal direction.
Ability to handle projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between objectives.
Ability to work on simultaneous tasks that require a multi-disciplinary approach.
Experience working to quality standards on design activities, such as ASME NQA-1.
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, able to communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
Actual position starting level will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
This position is subject to qualification requirements in accordance with ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage technical requirements for the PSP & ISP. This responsibility will include preparing or reviewing the PSP & ISP design specifications and ensuring the correct application of ASME code rules to the design and fabrication of the component.
Perform technical vendor oversight of PSP & ISP designer.
Review and perform owners’ acceptance of vendor deliverables.
Support the PSP & ISP design by performing thermal hydraulic or mechanical analyses using hand calculation or software-based methods.
Lead design reviews for PSP & ISP.
Assist with developing testing requirements, test specifications; provide technical oversight for testing related to the PSP & ISP.
Work with other engineers on physical and fluid interface requirements and design.
Coordinating with other teams regarding the results of analyses, such as thermal, seismic, structural, pipe stress, heat transfer, and other analyses performed by others and integrate the results into plant design and operational decisions.
Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes into the design of plant systems such as ASME, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA, etc.
Analyze and allocate regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical and process system design.
Support planning efforts and maintain schedule adherence for design activities within a system, as well as their integration with an overall plant design delivery schedule.
Interface with the design team to create and manage drawing packages of system designs, including but not limited to Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), 3D models, and system interface drawings.
Interface with design disciplines (such as mechanical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and nuclear) to identify and develop plant design information and specify system design and performance criteria.
Establish and maintain system requirements and design basis documents for the primary heat transport system.
Propose and initiate testing programs for plant system qualification, as needed.
Provide Support and oversight during test execution, evaluation of test results, and reporting of test results.
Generate design package for systems, sub-systems, and equipment designs including coordination of calculations, design reports, mechanical drawings, and engineering design specifications.
Support licensing activities related to the Natrium demonstration project by assisting in the preparation of licensing submittals.