Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design Engineer

Talascend is currently seeking an experienced Nuclear Design Engineer for a long-term contract career opportunity, 100% remote.

Candidates may reside anywhere in the continental USA; but must be eligible to work for any employer without sponsorship now, or in the future.

OVERVIEW :

Join our team of nuclear engineering experts, contributing to the design and analysis on their molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) project.

You'll play a crucial role in optimizing fuel management, conducting sensitivity studies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Perform core design and analysis activities of advanced nuclear reactors, including fuel management optimization, reactivity coefficients, control rod worth and shutdown margin, and radiation damage.
• Develop neutronics models of advanced reactor systems with complex geometry.
• Configure and augment existing neutronics analysis software for new constraints, assumptions or control algorithms.
• Establish and maintain documentation of analysis results and neutronic design solutions.
• Contribute to early design efforts of commercial applications of MCFR technology.
• Interface with a multi-disciplinary and cross functional design team.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS :

• Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering or equivalent; Advanced degree preferred with 2+ years of nuclear analysis experience.
• Knowledge of nuclear reactor design concepts or willingness to quickly learn.
• Experience in core design and analysis, including fuel cycle analysis, calculation of radiation damage rate, calculation of reactivity coefficients and calculation of control rod worth.
• Experience with nuclear engineering software such as ARMI, MCNP, DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, Serpent, OpenMC, Attila, GRIFFIN, PROTEUS, SCALE, PARCS, APA, CASMO, 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.).
• Strong programming skills in any language is a plus, preference for Python, C++, Git, and Github experience.
• Experience with CAD (Solidworks, Creo, etc.) is required and experience with generation of unstructured meshes is preferred.
• Desired experience in transient analysis, thermal hydraulics, and MCFR and / or fast reactor operations.
• Ability to perform professional-quality software development and strong programming skills are a plus.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills, with professionalism in regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with working in NQA-1 environments.
26 days ago