Onsite Engineer, Nuclear

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About the role

  • Designs and develops nuclear equipment for submarine advancement at Newport News Shipbuilding. Collaborates on shielding analyses and safety improvements in nuclear reactors, ensuring optimal system performance.

Responsibilities

  • Designs, develops, and tests nuclear equipment and systems
  • Conducts research on new materials of special interest in nuclear reactors
  • Conducts studies related to the detection and control of radiation and radioactive contaminants
  • Studies nuclear fuel cycle to define most economical uses of material and safest means of waste products disposal
  • Recommends various technology options or approaches for system, processes, facility or program improvements in terms of safety, performance, efficiency or costs
  • Responsible for conducting shielding analyses, development of shield designs, development of shielding construction methods, construction cost and span reduction efforts, and continuing the development of the shielding group
  • Regularly communicates and collaborates with NNL and Electric Boat

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 7 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 4 years of experience
  • Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program
  • Reactor Plant construction and/or operation
  • Fundamental knowledge of radiation shield design
  • Experience creating Python modules and utilizing custom Python libraries
  • Experience using High Power Clusters in a Linux/Unix environment
  • Experience with Monte Carlo radiation simulation development
  • Experience with Discrete Ordinate radiation calculation development

Benefits

  • medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
  • on-site health centers
  • tele-medicine
  • wellness resources
  • employee assistance programs
  • savings plan options (401K)
  • financial education and planning tools
  • life insurance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • employee discounts
  • early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

Job title

Engineer, Nuclear

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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