Nuclear Engineer

Description

• Shielding: Operational dose and shutdown activation analysis, waste categorization, and alignment of shielding design to customer and regulatory requirements
• Neutronics: Analysis of ex-vessel reactor fluxes and energy deposition, criticality safety, and verification and validation (V&V) of the nuclear toolbox and reactor models
• Collect requirements, provide expertise and feedback to engineers in other functional areas via clear, constructive communication.
• Transient Analysis: Run coupled neutronics and thermal calculations to further understanding of the reactor dynamics of the Kaleidos reactor design

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or equivalent degree from an accredited institution
• Proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, C++, C#, FORTRAN, or another scientific computing language
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish our mission.
• Experience working in an engineering organization and developing high-quality work
• 1-2+ years of nuclear engineering industry experience (MS equivalent to 2 yrs).
• At least 1 year of software development or scripting experience
• Strong experience with OpenMC, Serpent, MCNP, Attila4MC, MOOSE, RELAP, Pronghorn, GRIFFIN, or other similar nuclear software packages
• Competency in distributed software development processes and high-performance computing environments
• Basic knowledge of thermal hydraulic principles.
• Experience with radiation transport methods, including with codes such as MCNP/OpenMC/Serpent
• Familiarity with dose consequence methods and software such as MAACS or NRC-RADTRAN
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ.
• Experience with variance reduction techniques and associated software (Attila4MC and/or ADVANTG) is a plus
• Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with CAD design software (NX, SolidWorks, and/or SpaceClaim) is a plus
• Hands-on experience designing hardware and/or performing tests

Benefits

• Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
• Vision: 100% premium coverage for top tier plan + 50% for dependents.
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
• Medical: 100% premium coverage for base Silver level plan for employee + 50% premium coverage for dependents. Platinum plans available.
• Dental: 100% premium coverage for top tier plan (including orthodontia) + 50% for dependents.
• Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.
• Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and in-person camaraderie.
• Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean.
• Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance