Nuclear Engineer I – Nuclear Fuels
Duke Energy Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Participate on or lead reload design teams to design fuel cycles
- Develop and verify analyses associated with fuel cycle designs
- Develop, qualify, and maintain in-house codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
- Qualify vendor codes used in support of fuel cycle designs
- Interface with fuel vendor as part of the reload design process and for emergent issue support
- Interface with site Reactor Engineering personnel to provide technical support as needed
- Perform nuclear criticality safety reviews and analyses
- Participate in technical training activities
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
- A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- 0-2 years of engineering experience for Nuclear Engineer I
- 2-4 years of engineering experience for Nuclear Engineer II
- Minimum of 1 year of nuclear experience for Nuclear Engineer II
- Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license (desired)
- Experience with neutronics codes (e.g. ANC, PRISM, PANACEA, MICROBURN, and/or equivalents)
- Experience with nuclear fuel and PWR fuel cycle design analyses
- Experience with PWR reactor engineering and core monitoring activities
- Familiarity with the basic systems of a Babcock and Wilcox NSSS reactor
- Unix and/or Linux workstation experience
- Computer programming experience (FORTRAN/Python/VBA/etc.)
Benefits
- friendly work environment
- opportunities for growth and development
- recognition for your work
- competitive pay and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
neutronics codesFORTRANPythonVBAfuel cycle designnuclear criticality safety reviewsPWR reactor engineeringcore monitoringanalyses developmentin-house code development
Soft Skills
technical supportteam leadershipcommunicationtraining participation
Certifications
Fundamentals of Engineering CertificateProfessional Engineer (PE) license