Nuclear Analysis Engineer

TerraPower.•Bellevue, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington, focused on developing affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly nuclear energy and innovations in medical isotopes. The company originated in 2006 with a mission to raise global living standards through advancements in nuclear power. TerraPower is seeking motivated professionals interested in advanced nuclear reactor research and development, influencing change in the nuclear power landscape, and contributing to the production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring based on protected characteristics.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 5-20 years’ experience, M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 3-15 years’ experience, or Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 2-10 years’ experience.
Knowledge of 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.
Strong computational expertise.
Experience with nuclear engineering software such as MCNP, DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, RELAP, 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.
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
Candidates must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in transient analysis, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, etc. is 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.

Responsibilities

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, 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 nuclear design solutions.
Learn and apply specialized skills as new responsibilities arise in a dynamic and evolutionary work environment.
Maintain software by working with the team to implement clearly defined enhancement requests and bug fixes.