Engineer, Nuclear
HII
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Newport News • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Designs, develops, and tests nuclear equipment and systems
- Conducts research on new materials of special interest in nuclear reactors
- Conducts studies related to the detection and control of radiation and radioactive contaminants
- Studies nuclear fuel cycle to define most economical uses of material and safest means of waste products disposal
- Recommends various technology options or approaches for system, processes, facility or program improvements in terms of safety, performance, efficiency or costs
- Responsible for conducting shielding analyses, development of shield designs, development of shielding construction methods, construction cost and span reduction efforts, and continuing the development of the shielding group
- Regularly communicates and collaborates with NNL and Electric Boat
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s Degree and 7 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 4 years of experience
- Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program
- Reactor Plant construction and/or operation
- Fundamental knowledge of radiation shield design
- Experience creating Python modules and utilizing custom Python libraries
- Experience using High Power Clusters in a Linux/Unix environment
- Experience with Monte Carlo radiation simulation development
- Experience with Discrete Ordinate radiation calculation development
Benefits
- medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
- on-site health centers
- tele-medicine
- wellness resources
- employee assistance programs
- savings plan options (401K)
- financial education and planning tools
- life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- employee discounts
- early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
nuclear equipment designnuclear systems developmentradiation detectionradiation controlnuclear fuel cycle analysisshielding analysisshield design developmentPython programmingMonte Carlo simulationDiscrete Ordinate calculations
Soft Skills
communicationcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in engineeringABET accreditation