Nuclear Analysis Engineer

About the role

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. Our mission is to develop innovative nuclear technologies and medical isotope production methods to enhance global energy security and improve human health.

Responsibilities

• Support advanced reactor core design and analysis activities, including fuel management, power distribution, reactivity coefficients, control rod worth, shutdown margin, and sensitivity/uncertainty studies.
• 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 nuclear design solutions.

Requirements

• Experience:
• B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 5-20 years’ experience
• M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 3-15 years’ experience
• Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering with 2-10 years’ experience

• Knowledge of 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.
• 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 MCNP, DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, RELAP, 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.)
• Experience in transient analysis, thermal hydraulics, fuel performance, etc. is desired
• Fast reactor experience or experience with Core Operating Limits Report/Tech Specs is desired
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Ability and professionalism to work within published regulatory guidelines for nuclear reactor design
• 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

Qualifications and Skills

• Highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals 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.
• Must meet the minimum education and experience criteria applicable to the role, including relevant nuclear industry experience where required. Verification of data will be part of the hiring process.

Job Functions

• Sitting for extended periods
• Bending/stooping
• Grasping/gripping
• Fine motor control (hands)

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 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

Pay

$168,316 - $252,475

Schedule

Standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day