Graduate Nuclear Systems Engineer & Software Innovator

Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM seeks graduate students to contribute to nuclear systems modeling, simulation, and software development for national security applications.

You will work with scientists and engineers to develop computational models and deploy software across multiple teams, gaining exposure to problem formulation, code development, verification, and software quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited engineering, physics, computer science graduate degree.
• Must be enrolled in at least 6 semester credit hours or full-time equivalent in an accredited degree-granting program.
• Must currently have and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.
• Students in their dissertation/thesis phase must enroll in at least one credit hour until they graduate, or in a zero credit “continuous enrollment” placeholder.

Responsibilities

• Take an active role in modeling, simulation, and analytical support for nuclear systems and security applications or in developing software deployed for nuclear systems.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to develop, execute, and analyze computational models using state-of-the-art tools for radiation transport and systems analysis.
• Work with a full-stack software development team utilizing various languages and modernization of legacy codebases.
• Participate across multiple teams and attend group meetings and technical exchanges across LANL.

Skills

Nuclear engineering

Physics

Computer science

Software development

Python

C#

C++

Java

JavaScript

Education

Graduate degree eligibility

Tools

MCNP

JSON

YAML

ASP.Net Core

Blazor

Node.js

React

Job description

Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM seeks graduate students to contribute to nuclear systems modeling, simulation, and software development for national security applications.

You will work with scientists and engineers to develop computational models and deploy software across multiple teams, gaining exposure to problem formulation, code development, verification, and software quality assurance.