Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulics

TerraPower • Bellevue, WA

72d • $117,922 - $176,883 • Hybrid

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.

Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical, Nuclear, or Chemical engineering (or equivalent) with 5 plus years in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics.
• Preferred, M.S. Degree in Mechanical, Nuclear, or Chemical engineering (or equivalent) with 3 plus years in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated use commercial CFD package (STAR-CCM+ preferred)
• Working knowledge of variety CFD best practices, modeling approaches, meshing parameters to be suited for specific applications balancing accuracy, computer resources.
• Experience with modeling dynamic thermal fluid systems
• Experience with one or more CAD modeling tools such as SolidWorks preferred
• Experience with nuclear systems applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics a plus
• Experience with analysis of high temperature thermal-fluid systems a plus
• Experience with low Prandtl number fluid heat transfer a plus
• Familiarity and experience with CFD verification and validation of computational modeling methodologies a plus
• Experience in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) program and Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards highly preferred
• Creative thinker with demonstrated strong analytical/problem solving skills
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week
• Strong communication skills desired
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Performing analysis and design of structures, systems, and components for the Natrium Reactor
• Computational thermal-fluid and thermal-structural analysis using multi-dimensional CFD tools
• Perform steady state and transient hydraulic network analysis
• Document and present results to peers and outside organizations
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices in order to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities
• Work with cross-disciplinary teams to analyze the thermal and mechanical design considerations for the reactor and its components
• Work on complex issues where judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Life
• Life and Disability
• Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
• 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities
• Flexible Work Schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees