Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Remote, long-term contract opportunity!

System One is seeking a Nuclear Design Engineer for a remote contract supporting our client in Bellevue, WA.

Responsibilities

• Perform core design and analysis activities of advanced nuclear reactors, including calculation and optimization of fuel management, power distributions, reactivity coefficients, control rod worth and shutdown margin, sensitivity and uncertainties, and support of reactor operational interfaces, consistent with required functional and quality requirements

• Design and analyze new systems for solving complex problems

• Design and execute sensitivity studies to understand the effects and validity of various modeling assumptions, including meshing, physics coupling, transport options, cross section preparation, fission product treatment, spatial kinetics, etc., and help build corrected methods if necessary

• Establish and maintain documentation of analysis results and neutronic design solutions

  Ideal Background

• B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering or equivalent experience; Advanced degree and 2+ years of relevant experience with nuclear analysis preferred

• Knowledgeable or highly motivated to quickly learn basic nuclear reactor design concepts to meaningfully support engineering team with understanding of systems being designed and code being reviewed

• Experience in core design and analysis including fuel management optimization, reactivity coefficients, shielding and activation, control rod worth and uncertainty analysis.

• Experience with interfacing with Operations as well as Reactor Engineers is a plus

• Strong computational expertise: we like to consider computers as the universe at our fingertips rather than burdensome necessities

• Experience with nuclear engineering software such as DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, MCNP, Serpent, SCALE, PARCS, APA, CASMO/SIMULATE, DRAGON, etc.

• Good working knowledge of nuclear and/or general numerical methods (e.g. PDEs, dynamics, deterministic and stochastic particle transport, isotopic depletion, perturbation theory, nuclear data, kinetics, etc.)

• Ability and professionalism to work within published regulatory guidelines for nuclear reactor design

• Experience in transient analysis, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, etc. desired

• Fast reactor experience or experience with Core Operating Limits Report/Tech Specs is desired

• An ability to perform professional-quality software development for nuclear applications is preferred

• Strong programming skills in any language is a plus

• Experience working in NQA-1 environments desired

• Maintain software by working with team to implement clearly defined enhancement requests and bug fixes.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.