Nuclear Methods Engineer

Overview

Position Title:

Nuclear Methods Engineer

Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Nuclear Methods Engineer opportunity.

• Development of neutronics methods to perform neutronics analysis of a fast spectrum molten salt reactor.
• Implementation of nuclear analysis methodologies via Python software.
• Core design and analysis activities of advanced nuclear reactors, including calculation and optimization of fuel management strategies, reactivity coefficients, control rod worth and shutdown margin, and radiation damage.
• Software configuration management through code review, software documentation, software testing, and continuous integration.
• Sensitivity studies to understand the effects and validity of various modeling assumptions, including delayed neutron fractions, evaluated nuclear data sets, and geometry representation.
• Validation of neutronics analysis by leveraging benchmark models of historical reactors, reactor experiments, and critical assemblies.

• Bachelors degree in Science or Engineering and 6-10 years of relevant experience. Experience Level may be partially substituted for advanced degree depending on position relevance.
• Experience in understanding and executing nuclear design/analysis methodologies, including criticality, flux/power distributions, fuel cycle analyses, reactivity coefficients, shielding, activation, control rod worth, detector response, and uncertainty analysis, ideally with a focus on fast-neutron reactors.
• Experience with radiation transport software is required. Experience with MCNP, OpenMC, Attila, is preferred. Experience with ARMI, Serpent, SCALE, DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, MOOSE, PARCS, APA, CASMO, DRAGON, is also relevant.
• Programming experience in any language required, preferably in scientific computing; bonus points for Python skills.
• Working knowledge of fundamental software development tools (e.g. IDEs, version control, profilers, debuggers, documentation builders, packaging tools).
• Experience interacting on nuclear methodology with the DOE and/or NRC under an ASME NQA-1 compliant QA environment is preferred.
• Strong communication skills desired.
• The service provider will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
• Travel Required:
  
  0-5%.

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate Range: $56-$95/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience.)
• Location:
  
  100% Remote Acceptable
• Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status

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