What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nuclear Engineer position at Radiant?
Nuclear Engineer
Radiant is seeking a highly motivated nuclear engineer for an opportunity to work with mentorship and guidance from experienced nuclear professionals in a fast-paced startup environment. The candidate will be responsible for various aspects of nuclear design and analysis as priorities shift and expertise is gained.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Ownership of Nuclear design and analysis, examples:
- Shielding: Transport, Operational, Self-Activation and environmental Activation, Waste Categorization, working with both customer and regulatory requirements
- Run coupled neutronics and thermal calculations to refine the thermal model in various scenarios
- Mechanical: Assess damage effects and bulk material properties changes due to high flux on ceramics and metals inside the core
- Neutronics: Develop control schemes and design control systems using transient simulations to finalize source sizing and detector selection
- Fuel and Waste: Model burnup distribution, design burnable absorber, and perform criticality assessments for transport and waste facility compatibility
- Develop requirements for hardware systems, structures, and components
- Create and manage a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM).
- Find and develop suppliers for all components.
- Own subassembly design, manufacturing, and test schedules.
- Collect requirements, provide expertise and feedback to engineers in other functional areas via clear, constructive communication.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or equivalent degree from accredited institution
- Proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, C , C#, or another scientific computing language
Desired Qualifications & Skills
- Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
- Competency in distributed software development process
- Hands-on experience designing hardware and/or performing tests
- Related experience with OpenMC, Serpent, MCNP, MOOSE, BISON, RELAP, CFD, Pronghorn, GRIFFIN, or other nuclear software packages
- At least 1 year of software development experience:
- C, C , or Python development experience is preferred.
- Prior use of code repositories, unit testing, performance benchmarking, and software review / release processes.
- Familiarity with good documentation practices and implementation of style guidelines.
