Test Engineer, Manufacturing Test and Diagnostics
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Nuclear Shielding Engineer
Zeno Power
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Washington
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💰 $105,000 - $145,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
Linux
About the role
- Support Analysis group in developing radioisotope power systems (RPS) technologies
- Perform radiation shielding design analysis for radioisotope power systems and radiological facilities, including calculation of dose, energy deposition, and material degradation due to irradiation
- Design and analyze new systems for solving complex problems
- Design and execute sensitivity studies to evaluate impact of modeling assumptions and build corrected methods
- Ensure final shielding design and implementation meets the radiation shield requirements
- Establish and maintain documentation of requirements, analysis results, and radiation shielding design solutions
- Ensure consistency, traceability, maintainability, and technical rigor in documentation
- Review models, calculations, and reports to ensure adequacy and accuracy of vendor-submitted technical work products
- Support planning for new initiatives and assist with requirements development and strategic planning
- Maintain in-office presence on required days and travel occasionally (<10%)
Requirements
- B.S degree in Nuclear Engineering or equivalent
- 2+ Years of industry or research related experience (Masters degree or Ph.D and 0+ years of experience)
- Experience in radiation shielding design and analysis
- Knowledgeable or highly motivated to learn radiation effects on electronic components
- Strong computational expertise, including use of Monte Carlo transport codes (e.g., MCNP, OpenMC, GEANT)
- Working knowledge of nuclear and/or general numerical methods (e.g., activation analysis, dose rates, partial differential equations, Monte Carlo transport, variance reduction techniques, nuclear data)
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure in an uncertain environment
- Experience with Linux and high performance computing (HPC) (preferred)
- Experience with Attila4MC and computed aided drafting (e.g., SolidWorks, SpaceClaim/ANSYS, Cubit) (preferred)
- Experience working under an NQA-1 (or similar) quality program (preferred)
- Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, refugee or asylee)
- Able to work in-office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in Seattle (South Lake Union)
- Travel: <10%
- Ability to safely lift up to 15 pounds; sitting/standing for extended periods; fine motor control
