AI-Driven Prognostic Controls Postdoc for Nuclear Reactors

Battelle Energy Alliance; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Relocation package

Paid time off

Job summary

Idaho National Laboratory seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Nuclear Engineering or comparable discipline to develop prognostic informed advanced control for nuclear energy systems. The role involves ML, HITL, UI design, and integration into an AI platform under PROMETHEUS, with publications and demonstrations at national labs and conferences.

The successful candidate will work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative team in Idaho Falls on a 9x80 schedule, with opportunities to interact

Qualifications

• PhD in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Sciences or Applied Mathematics with energy systems focus; completed by appointment start.

Responsibilities

• Lead publication of research results in high impact journals and conferences.

Skills

Advanced control strategies

HITL testing

Machine learning

Python

Git / version control

Team collaboration

AI integration in decision-support

LARGE language models integration

Reinforcement learning control

Data-driven modeling

Education

PhD in Nuclear Engineering or related fields

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Scikit-learn

Job description

Idaho National Laboratory seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Nuclear Engineering or comparable discipline to develop prognostic informed advanced control for nuclear energy systems. The role involves ML, HITL, UI design, and integration into an AI platform under PROMETHEUS, with publications and demonstrations at national labs and conferences.

The successful candidate will work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative team in Idaho Falls on a 9x80 schedule, with opportunities to interact