Senior Nuclear Scientist

Salary Range: 150000 to 200000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Responsibilities

• Develop documentation describing analyses and calculations, and experimental plans and results.
• Coordinate work with materials scientists for structural material selection and design of corrosion resistant, tritium compatible, low-activation components, and for testing and qualification of candidate materials.
• Coordinate work with chamber interfaces such as chamber gas dynamics, flibe systems and fuel processing systems.
• Coordinate the work with external partners working in aspects related to fusion blanket development.
• Work closely with program manager and with the engineering team to include analyses and simulations and experimental R&D results into the chamber design effort.
• Participate in and coordinate collaborative team meetings with team members to report status and develop actions to push joint progress.
• Contributor to the development of supply chain and vendor strategy for the fusion chamber and blanket components.
• Contributor to project risk management for all aspects related to chamber and blanket design, including identification of risk mitigations approaches.

Qualifications

• PhD in Nuclear Science, Nuclear Engineering or Physics with a nuclear specialization.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant technical experience demonstrating proficiency in analyses, simulations, experimental R&D and technology development for complex systems under extreme thermal and radiation loads, such as fusion breeding blankets and nuclear reactor components.
• Experience with nuclear analysis tools (such as MCNP), multi-physics software (such as COMSOL, ANSYS), reactor thermohydraulic codes (such as RELAP, MELCOR).
• Experience in experimental design and analysis with the explicit goal of driving to higher component and system technology readiness.
• Knowledge of CAD software (Solidworks, Siemens NX, etc.) and finite element analysis (FEA).
• Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve project goals, interface effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, technical staff and others (domestic and international).
• Ability to clearly express and critique ideas.
• Great communication and organizational skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to approach new problems with creativity.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired

• Experience in fusion chamber and blanket design and analysis.
• Familiarity with design codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in the commercial nuclear industry or fusion experimental facilities.
• Knowledge of tritium handling systems, coolant loop design, or heat exchanger technologies.
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing or advanced fabrication techniques.
• Project management skills.
• Analysis experience: high radiation environments, high heat flux components, molten salt systems, and/or specialty materials and steels.