Advanced Reactor CFD/FEA Analyst

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Job summary

Idaho National Laboratory seeks an Advanced Reactor Thermal or Mechanical Analyst to join the Reactor Engineering team. The role covers analysis of thermal and mechanical behavior of structures for advanced reactors under normal, hazardous, and accident conditions.

You will verify compliance with industry codes and decompose goals into design requirements, plan confirmatory calculations, and coordinate startup testing to validate analyses and ensure safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or related engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program plus 2 years relevant experience, or Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree with 0 years relevant experience.
• Level 3 requires 5 years relevant experience or Advanced Degree.
• Relevant experience includes thermal and/or mechanical analysis by CFD or Finite Element Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the behavior of advanced reactor core components under normal operating conditions, natural phenomena hazards, and accident conditions to support operating advanced nuclear reactors.
• Verify compliance of advanced reactor designs according to industry codes, such as ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code. Decompose project goals into defined and controlled design requirements.
• Support, coordinate and perform confirmatory calculations and startup planning in thermal or mechanical analysis to support safety bases and facility development.
• Work includes planning, scheduling, and tracking of reactor analyses and startup testing to validate analytical work and ensure safety.
• Provide support to project and planning related to new reactor design and acceptance; communicate with design and nuclear safety organizations and DOE.
• Contribute to technical decisions based on sound engineering practices and Laboratory policies.

Skills

Thermal analysis

Mechanical analysis

CFD

Finite Element Analysis

ANSYS

ABAQUAS

STAR-CCM+

MOOSE

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS

ABAQUAS

STAR-CCM+

MOOSE

Job description

Idaho National Laboratory seeks an Advanced Reactor Thermal or Mechanical Analyst to join the Reactor Engineering team. The role covers analysis of thermal and mechanical behavior of structures for advanced reactors under normal, hazardous, and accident conditions.

You will verify compliance with industry codes and decompose goals into design requirements, plan confirmatory calculations, and coordinate startup testing to validate analyses and ensure safety.