Experienced Core Design / Neutronics Engineer

Framatome North America; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness packages

401(k) with employer match

Paid Time Off

Education reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Framatome North America is seeking a skilled engineer to design fuel assemblies for light water reactors. This role will involve creating designs, ensuring compliance with standards, and contributing to the development of innovative solutions.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, at least 7 years of experience, and strong problem-solving abilities. The total rewards package includes a competitive salary, health benefits, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering standards.
• Displays leadership characteristics.

Responsibilities

• Creating designs for light water reactors.
• Calculating neutronics parameters and documenting results.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.

Skills

Familiarity with light water reactors

Team interaction skills

Customer focus

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Specialized software tools

Job description

Why This Role Is Critical

As the need for nuclear energy grows, the future couldn’t be brighter. Join our vital mission to create lasting solutions for our planet’s greatest challenges. In this role, you will shape the future of clean energy and make a lasting global impact. Anticipate engaging and challenging projects that deliver innovative solutions and value-added technologies helping power more than 38 million North American homes.

What You’ll Do Day-To-Day

• Creating cross sections of various fuel assembly lattice designs to support one of the many light water reactors that Framatome is the fuel vendor for.
• Designing new and shuffling old fuel assemblies in a pattern that leads to optimal energy requirements while maintaining safety parameters.
• Calculating neutronics parameters, providing inputs for downstream analyses, and documenting the analyzed results.
• Proposing solutions and work scope to supervisor, working autonomously on most assignments and solutions.
• Ensuring compliance with government regulations, organization, industry and customer engineering standards.
• Independently evaluating, selecting and applying a variety of technical techniques, procedures, and criteria using judgment in making more complex adaptations and modifications for tasks not previously performed.
• Developing new or adapted products, methods, systems or models to provide added value solutions to customers.
• Understanding the impact of work on other organizations internally and externally.
• Working on special projects, as directed.
• Providing suggestions for improving processes and implementing process improvements.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with light water reactors and having performed multiple core designs in your career.
• Knowledge of how to control core physics parameters based on varying fuel assembly enrichment and poison.
• Displaying positive and effective team interaction skills and valuing positive peer relationships.
• Customer focus and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a passion for problem solving.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Dependent on the position, degrees in Physics, Engineering Technology and Engineering Science may also be accepted.
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of related engineering standards, techniques and criteria.
• Excellent communication skills to comprehend and convey detailed technical data.
• Developed network and maintaining good interpersonal relationships; working collaboratively within a team environment.
• Advanced problem identification and problem resolution skills.
• Displays leadership characteristics.
• Exhibits questioning attitude and practices self-checking.
• Advanced proficiency with specialized software tools and programming languages as required by the role.

Total Rewards Package

• Salary: $115,000 - $156,000 and may also include annual incentives and performance bonuses. The base salary range is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.
• Health & Wellness: Multiple medical plan options, dental & vision coverage, life insurance, long- and short-term disability, and optional supplemental plans (critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, dependent life).
• Retirement: 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid Time Off: Up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 sick days, and 13 paid holidays annually.
• Extra Perks: Lifestyle spending account, employer paid mental health support, education reimbursement, professional development opportunities, adoption assistance, parental leave, and employee assistance programs.

Framatome is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Offers are contingent on background check and drug screen (where applicable). Positions may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control regulations; applicants must meet eligibility requirements (see DOE810AppendixA).