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Ford Motor Company
Flux
Senior Engineer – Nuclear Fuel Thermal-Hydraulic Methods & Analysis
GE Vernova
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • North Carolina
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About the role
- Lead and conduct thermal hydraulic analyses to support BWR fuel design, optimization, and performance evaluation.
- Lead the technical development, application, and maintaining thermal-hydraulic system codes, correlations, and methodologies relevant to reactor fuel development.
- Develop, validate, and refine high-level programming tools or algorithms to support complex engineering analyses and simulations.
- Lead and provide the key technical direction in the area of thermal hydraulics while working with nuclear and mechanical engineering teams in the development of new fuel products / software in the area of thermal hydraulics.
- Plan, prepare, and supervise experimental test programs, including development of test matrices, interface with test personnel related to all testing activities, perform associated data analysis, and develop empirical correlations or mechanistic models.
- Analyze and interpret experimental data to inform fuel design improvements and validate analytical models.
- Provide technical consultation and support to cross-functional teams regarding thermal-hydraulic methodologies, system codes, and reactor safety evaluations.
- Document technical methodologies, analysis results, and test findings in clear, concise engineering reports and presentations.
- Work within a regulatory framework for nuclear software quality assurance for engineering programs.
- Interface with regulatory agencies (NRC, DOE, etc.) as necessary.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the Thermal & Fluids Analysis team.
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, computational methods or a closely related technical discipline AND minimum of 5 years of cumulative, relevant engineering experience.
- OR Ph.D. from an accredited university or college in nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, computational methods or a closely related technical discipline with a thesis or substantial coursework with thermal-hydraulics and two-phase flow and analysis AND minimum of 3 years of cumulative, relevant engineering experience.
- Comfortable with less than 10% travel
- This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
- Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, computational methods, thermal-hydraulics, or a related field (desired)
- Deep understanding on experimental and analytic aspects of two-phase flow fundamentals and two-phase flow phenomena during BWR and PWR steady-state operations, transients, and accidents
- Experience with nuclear fuel design and optimization
- Experience with thermal-hydraulic methods such as COBRG, PANAC, TRACG, PANAC, RELAP, and ISCOR
- Experimental background in two-phase flow
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, and Fortran
- Competency in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using tools like ANSYS-Fluent
- Experience with software Commercial Grade Dedication as per NQA-1 standards
- Familiarity with nuclear reactor core licensing, technical specifications, safety margin bases, and related federal regulations
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the Thermal & Fluids Analysis team
