Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulic Test
About The Position
TerraPower is seeking a Senior Thermal Hydraulic Test Engineer to design and conduct thermal-hydraulic tests supporting analytical analyses for the Natrium Demonstration Plant. Reporting to the Manager of Thermal Hydraulic Testing, the successful candidate will support thermal-hydraulic testing activities, including planning and conducting tests, reviewing documents, working with external vendors, and generating documentation. The position also involves analysis and validation work and collaboration with engineering groups responsible for component, system, fuel, and control-system design and related testing. This position is subject to qualification requirements under ANSI/ANS 3.1. Candidates must meet the applicable minimum education and experience criteria, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required; information will be verified during hiring. The role requires a high degree of trustworthiness and integrity, open communication, respect, and a commitment to teamwork. Travel is required 0–10%.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in an applicable field of Engineering.
- Experience working in a laboratory environment.
- Strong thermal-hydraulic analytical skills, including one-dimensional hydraulic network analysis, system-code experience, and transient analysis.
- Ability to post-process and document experiments.
- Ability to work with multiple types of testing, including R&D, acceptance, validation, and qualification testing.
- Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers.
- Ability to handle projects with multiple objectives and resolve conflicts between objectives.
- Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Safety-consciousness.
- Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging research and development problems.
- High degree of trustworthiness and integrity, with open communication, respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
- Must meet applicable ANSI/ANS 3.1 education and experience qualification criteria, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required.
Nice To Haves
- More than 3 years of relevant experience in a testing or research and development environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and apply thermal-hydraulic analysis methods, including steady-state and transient one-dimensional network hydraulic analyses.
- Perform first-principles heat-transfer, fluid-dynamics, and thermodynamics calculations to support and validate analysis results.
- Analyze reactor normal operations, upset events, emergency events, and faulted events as defined in ASME BPVC Section III to establish design, service, and test loadings and limits.
- Perform multiscale and multidisciplinary neutronics and control analyses involving the thermal hydraulics of sodium, molten salt, and non-condensable fluids.
- Integrate with engineering groups working on component, system, fuel, and control-system design and related thermal-hydraulic testing.
- Perform code benchmarking and validation analyses to support code qualification and methodology development.
- Support thermal-hydraulic testing activities, including planning, testing, document review, engaging with external vendors, and generating documents.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation.
- Eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments.
- Comprehensive medical and wellness benefits.
- Medical insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Life and disability benefits.
- Gender affirmation benefits.
- Parental leave.
- 401(k) plan.
- 21 days of annually accrued paid time off.
- 10 paid holidays.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional and educational support opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
