Fuels Engineer 2

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance fuel thermal-mechanical models that align with SMR product design and licensing requirements.

• Sustain analysis models while documenting findings in engineering reports, calculations, studies, and various deliverables.

• Conduct fuel thermal-mechanical assessments utilizing licensed methodologies for design, safety evaluations, and reload assessments.

• Analyze cladding strain, pellet-cladding mechanical interaction, gap conductance, fuel rod dimensional alterations, stress/strain behavior, and end-of-life margins.

• Generate cycle-specific thermal-mechanical outputs for reload core design and safety assessments.

• Ensure consistency among thermal-mechanical evaluations, thermal-hydraulic boundary conditions, neutronic inputs, and licensing-basis documentation.

• Interpret neutronics evaluations to ascertain core performance and fuel design implications.

• Examine power distributions, reactivity parameters, peaking factors, and other physics inputs.

• Conduct cross-functional reviews of fuel-related content and implications.

• Assist Nuclear Fuels and Engineering teams by providing technical interface inputs.

• Execute core design and neutronics analysis for cycle design and reloads, including lattice physics generation and core loading optimization.

• Provide safety-related physics inputs for engineering design, analysis interfaces, and licensing purposes.

• Contribute to the development of advanced fuel thermal-mechanical methods under the guidance of senior staff.

• Prepare and validate engineering reports, calculations, studies, system descriptions, requirement specifications, and design documents.

• Cultivate technical expertise in fuel performance, neutronics, thermal-hydraulic integration, and related codes and methods.

• Tackle complex problems with creativity and innovation.

• Provide flexible support for urgent analyses, cross-functional reviews, technical troubleshooting, and specialized studies.

• Execute additional duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of a B.S. degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering (or a related field) from an accredited four-year institution.

• At least 3 years of full-time, directly relevant engineering experience.

• Proven experience in applying engineering design processes for fuel thermal-mechanical analysis.

• Practical knowledge or experience with PWR reactor physics analyses.

• Must be eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.

• Core design and neutronics experience is preferred.

• An advanced degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering is desirable.

• Familiarity with and application of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1 quality assurance regulations, standards, and guidelines.

• Willingness to travel nationally and locally using common transportation methods.

• Capable of understanding and communicating effectively through phone, personal interaction, and computer-based methods.

• Ability to learn new job responsibilities and accurately apply new concepts in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work options available for individuals residing more than 30 miles from a physical NuScale office, within the contiguous United States.

• Reasonable accommodations provided for individuals with disabilities.

• Employee benefits can be accessed through the NuScale Careers Overview page.