Senior Engineer – Nuclear Deterministic Safety Analysis, LOCA, Containment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Oversee technical evaluations and analyses for Anticipated Operational Occurrences, Anticipated Transients without Scram, Reactor Heat Balance, and Thermal Hydraulic Fuel Channel Analyses.

• Act as the subject-matter expert for BWRX-300 LOCA and containment behavior.

• Create, sustain, and implement deterministic safety analysis methods and outcomes.

• Conduct plant thermal-hydraulic evaluations for LOCA, HELB, containment response, PCCS, ICS, Fire Safe Shutdown, Annulus Pressurization Loads, and RIPD analyses.

• Establish, document, and utilize TRACG-based LOCA mass-and-energy release and fuel acceptance models.

• Develop GOTHIC-based containment response models for conservative and best-estimate scenarios.

• Provide analyses and deliverables in alignment with customer expectations, business protocols, and regulatory standards.

• Innovate or enhance automation and analysis methodologies.

• Compose technical reports, regulatory submissions, RAI responses, technical justifications, correspondence, documentation, and calculations.

• Execute technical verification of engineering outputs.

• Articulate complex technical challenges and propose solutions to internal and external clients, regulators, utilities, and collaborators.

• Partner with mechanical design, core design, licensing, systems design, civil/structural design, and other teams.

• Ensure that LOCA and containment requirements are incorporated into the evolving plant design.

• Confirm that work adheres to regulatory, customer, and quality assurance expectations.

⛳️ Requirements

• B.S. Degree in an Engineering Discipline (Nuclear, Mechanical, Physics or equivalent) and 8+ years of pertinent nuclear experience, including at least 5+ years in thermal-hydraulic safety analysis; OR M.S. Degree and 6+ years of relevant nuclear experience, including at least 3+ years in thermal-hydraulic safety analysis; OR Ph.D. Degree and 4+ years of relevant nuclear experience, including at least 1+ year in thermal-hydraulic safety analysis.

• Direct experience with LOCA and/or containment analysis is highly preferred.

• Ability to secure authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information, if applicable.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Experience with BWR core simulation and thermal-hydraulic systems codes.

• Familiarity with BWR LOCA, Containment, ICS/PCCS performance, HELB, Fire Safe Shutdown, Annulus Pressurization Loads, and RIPD analyses.

• Extensive understanding of BWR systems and integrated plant response.

• Knowledge of nuclear physics, thermal hydraulics, and mechanical design as they apply to BWR.

• Proficiency in two-phase thermal-hydraulic analysis techniques.

• Awareness of reactor licensing requirements and deterministic safety analysis methodologies.

• Experience with TRACG, RELAP, TRACE, and GOTHIC.

• Background in Best Estimate methodology development and CSAU applications.

• Programming skills in C#, FORTRAN, or PYTHON.

• Senior Reactor Operator Certification is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.

• Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan.

• Tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.

• Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

• Tuition assistance.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Permissive time off.

• Relocation assistance.