Systems Engineer - Advisory

BWXT•Oak Ridge, TN

4d•$114,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

At BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. A U.S.-based company, BWXT is a Fortune 1000 and Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security, clean energy, environmental restoration, nuclear medicine and space exploration. With more than 7,800 employees, BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components, services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXT’s technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information, visit www.bwxt.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram. BWXT is currently seeking a Systems Engineer for its Enrichment Operations location in Oak Ridge, TN! BWXT is People Strong, Innovation Driven - be part of BWXT’s innovation hub. BWXT’s Enrichment Operations (EO) in Oak Ridge focus on the engineering, fabrication, and testing of advanced gas centrifuge machines. This site accelerates next-generation technology from development to production readiness, supporting the national mission to restore a domestic uranium enrichment supply chain for US defense and naval nuclear propulsion. The Systems Engineer provides technical leadership, engineering oversight, and system-level integration support for Enrichment Operations facilities and processes. This role ensures system performance, reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance through the full lifecycle of assigned systems. The Systems Engineer partners with operations, maintenance, project management, and regulatory teams to deliver engineering solutions supporting mission-critical enrichment activities. The position combines analytical engineering rigor with strong cross-functional collaboration to ensure the safe and efficient operation of complex technical systems. If you are looking for a career where your experience is valued, innovative thinking is fostered, and barrier-free teamwork is embraced every day, then this opportunity is for you. The position will be located in the Oak Ridge, TN, Enrichment Operations office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Aerospace, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
15+ years of systems engineering experience in defense, DOE, nuclear, or national security programs.
Active DOE Q or DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance (required).
Proficiency across the systems engineering lifecycle (requirements, architecture, integration, V&V, and test).
Strong communication, analytical ability, and technical leadership.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in engineering or related field.
Experience applying SE concepts from design through manufacturing handoff, production planning, supplier integration, and production readiness reviews.
Experience connecting PLM/MBSE ecosystems and establishing data traceability (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill).
Exposure to IoT/streaming frameworks (MQTT, Kafka, AWS IoT, Azure Digital Twins) for performance monitoring.
Experience developing reduced-order models (ROMs) and hybrid physics–ML modeling approaches.
Ability to collaborate with data scientists and translate model outputs into system requirements.

Responsibilities

Analyze stakeholder needs; derive, decompose, and allocate requirements to system/subsystem levels; maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the lifecycle.
Develop conceptual and detailed system architectures; define interfaces, control logic, and data flows.
Execute trade studies supporting architecture decisions on performance, reliability, cost, and safety.
Support the production of system description documents, interface definitions, schematics, and design inputs for production.
Support the development of test plans/procedures; define verification methods; support HWIL, subsystem, and system-level testing.
Lead or support SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR reviews.
Apply configuration management and software/firmware version control best practices.
Collaborate across disciplines like instrumentation & controls, mechanical/composites, materials, software, test, manufacturing, and quality teams.
Support proposal development and technical briefings.
Travel as needed (<10%).