Senior Engineer - Tooling Design Engineer

GE Vernova • Wilmington, NC

2d • $113,200 - $188,800 • Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Design Engineer for the Reactor Internal Design Tooling Team with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), you will design remotely operated tooling to support installation, removal, and adjustment of Nuclear Reactor Modification Hardware to support the ongoing operation and performance for our customers’ existing Nuclear Fleet. The majority of these tools are designed to operate underwater in a challenging environment using manual, pneumatic, hydraulic, and motor power for actuation as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in mechanical design and testing, including 2D drawings and 3D modeling
• 5 years nuclear industry experience
• Eligibility for access to U.S. export-controlled information

Nice To Haves

• Strong mechanical aptitude, experience with full design evolution process from concept to delivery
• Knowledgeable about design to cost, design for manufacturability
• Experience with a variety of fabrication techniques including conventional machining, welding, and EDM
• Ability to understand and communicate technical content to a wide variety of stakeholders: engineers, project managers, product managers, as well as business and engineering leadership
• Strong project planning, scheduling, and execution experience as an engineer or engineering team lead
• Ability to successfully lead multi-disciplined teams on first-of-a-kind projects
• Nuclear industry experience, understanding of nuclear reactor components is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Design Reactor Modification Tooling that incorporates mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electro-mechanical/motor actuation based on inputs, requirements, and environment within schedule and cost limits
• Draft drawings for fabrication, then build and test the Reactor Modification Tooling you design to prove the requirements for performance are met
• Prepare 3D models, access and clearance studies, drawings, specifications, and test plans to support tooling development
• Collaborate with the Hardware Team, Analysis Teams, Field Deployment Teams, and Services Business to deliver tooling designs that meet our standards for Nuclear Quality and Safety
• Perform design reviews to present your design to engineering peers and leadership and obtain feedback
• Write operation procedures for the tooling you design to help the field deployment team execute the repair
• Emergent issue support of customers during Outage Season to help solve challenging problems with technical guidance and fast-paced design, build, test response

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided
• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior