Thermal Hydraulics Engineer 3 (R&D)

NuScale Power, LLC • Corvallis, OR

1d • Remote

About The Position

This position will report to the manager for product development and will be part of a dynamic high impact team focused on developing NuScale’s microreactor technology. The team reports to the CTO. NuScale’s microreactor technology is in the early stages of development and the target market for this product includes research reactor and commercial distributed power and heat applications at a thermal power scale smaller than NuScale’s commercial small modular reactor. This role will be responsible for developing thermal hydraulics analysis capability for the microreactor design.

Requirements

• Education: A minimum of B.S. degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering from a four year accredited college or university.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of full-time, directly relevant engineering experience in thermal hydraulic modeling and analysis is required.
• Industry Requirements: Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.

Nice To Haves

• An M.S. or Ph.D. in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics, testing towards model validation, and heat pipe modeling is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support thermal systems analysis software selection
• Perform sizing calculations for single phase fluid and heat exchange components
• Thermal systems model development
• Perform steady state and transient analysis
• Support identification and ranking of phenomena for analysis and testing
• Automate analysis updates to accommodate design changes
• Perform benchmarks for model verification
• Support university collaboration on thermal systems analysis
• Support coupled analysis with core physics models
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• For information on employee benefits, please visit our Careers Overview page: Employee Benefits | NuScale Power

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees