Fuels Engineer 4

• Serve as a primary technical authority for fuel thermal-mechanical analysis methods, including gap conductance, cladding strain, fatigue, creep collapse, pellet-cladding interaction, and performance margins
• Drive development, qualification, and application of next-generation fuel performance modeling approaches
• Evaluate and incorporate industry advancements, benchmark data, and vendor methodologies into NuScale's thermal-mechanical framework
• Support interfacing methods such as neutronics, subchannel analysis, and system thermal-hydraulics
• Perform safety analysis calculations using industry-standard and advanced fuel thermal-mechanical simulation tools
• Evaluate limits and margins for normal operation and design-basis events
• Lead software benchmarking, qualification, and quality assurance documentation
• Integrate fuel thermal-mechanical methods with multi-physics modeling and methods development
• Support product and service strategy development for next-generation light-water reactor fuel
• Coordinate thermal-mechanical input/output interfaces, change control, shared models, and cross-discipline analysis frameworks
• Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and lead complex analysis tasks
• Contribute to licensing technical/topical reports, license applications, and other licensing documentation
• Participate in licensing interactions with the government regulator
• Prepare and verify engineering reports, calculations, studies, system descriptions, requirement specifications, and design documents
• Develop innovative solutions to multifaceted technical challenges and execute analyses with minimal oversight
• Support changing organizational priorities, urgent analyses, cross-functional reviews, troubleshooting, and special studies

Requirements

• Minimum B.S. degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline from a four-year accredited college or university
• Advanced degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering desirable
• Minimum 8 years of full-time, directly relevant engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience implementing engineering design processes for fuel thermal-mechanical analysis and fuel design
• Additional experience with neutronics, transient analysis, and related safety analysis preferred
• Experience in core design and neutronics preferred
• Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810
• Knowledge and implementation of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1 quality assurance regulations, standards, and guidelines
• Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers
• Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and apply new concepts quickly
• Ability to travel nationally and locally using common forms of transportation
• Ability to perform essential duties efficiently and accurately without causing a significant safety threat to self or others

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in fuel thermal-mechanical analysis methods, including gap conductance and pellet-cladding interaction, while leading complex analysis tasks and mentoring junior engineers. Proficient in safety analysis calculations and regulatory compliance with 10 CFR standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Fuel Thermal-Mechanical Analysis
• Neutronics Analysis
• Safety Analysis Calculations
• Engineering Design Processes
• Regulatory Compliance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Thermal-Mechanical Simulation Tools
• Multi-Physics Modeling
• Transient Analysis
• Core Design
• Fatigue Analysis
• Creep Collapse Analysis
• Cladding Strain Analysis
• Performance Margins Evaluation
• Benchmark Data Evaluation
• Quality Assurance Documentation

Soft Skills

• Technical Leadership
• Mentoring
• Clear Communication
• Problem Solving
• Adaptability

Certifications & Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Nuclear Engineering
• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Eligibility Under 10 CFR Part 810

Industry Keywords

• NQA-1 Quality Assurance
• 10 CFR 50 Appendix B
• 10 CFR 21
• Light-Water Reactor Fuel
• Licensing Documentation