Lead Nuclear Fuel Qualification Engineer (TRISO & HTGR)

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE); Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

401(k) with 5% company match

Unlimited PTO

Company holidays & parental leave

Job summary

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. in Oak Ridge, TN, seeks a Senior Reactor Fuel Engineer to lead irradiation, PIE, and safety-testing for TRISO fuel qualification of HTGR technology.

You will coordinate reactors, labs, and partners while delivering qualification-grade evidence and regulator-ready conclusions. Move beyond individual experiments, owning an integrated program with opportunities for leadership in a cutting-edge ceramics-based nuclear fuel effort and direct collaboration with national labs

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in irradiation testing, nuclear-fuel examination, high-temperature safety testing, or complex nuclear experiments.
• Experience developing test plans, experiment specifications, specimen matrices, readiness reviews, and qualification-grade reports.
• Working knowledge of research-reactor interfaces, dosimetry, instrumentation, thermal analysis, fission-product monitoring, and reconstruction of as-run conditions.
• Experience with nuclear QA requirements, including controlled procedures, chain of custody, nonconformance control, and records management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated irradiation, PIE, and post-irradiation safety-testing strategy, including objectives, evidence requirements, acceptance criteria, schedules, decision gates, and contingencies.
• Translate fuel-design requirements, failure mechanisms, model-validation needs, and safety-analysis conditions into representative specimen populations and test conditions.
• Lead interfaces with research reactors, hot cells, furnace-testing and analytical labs, shipping orgs, national labs, and university partners.
• Coordinate experiment design, safety approvals, neutronics and thermal analysis, dosimetry, instrumentation, fission-product monitoring, loading, operations, hold points, and readiness reviews.
• Maintain specimen identity, manufacturing pedigree, characterization, chain of custody, packaging, transport, storage, and nuclear-material controls.
• Establish partnerships and direct PIE and safety testing addressing dimensional change, cracking, coating failure, particle-matrix interactions, fission-product behavior, microstructure, and accident-temperature retention.
• Deliver qualification-grade as-run, PIE, safety-test, anomaly, and qualification-impact reports with reconstructed exposure histories, uncertainties, controlled data, and regulator-ready conclusions.

Skills

Irradiation testing

Nuclear-fuel examination

High-temperature safety testing

Test plan development

QA & records management

Education

Advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering

Job description

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. in Oak Ridge, TN, seeks a Senior Reactor Fuel Engineer to lead irradiation, PIE, and safety-testing for TRISO fuel qualification of HTGR technology.

You will coordinate reactors, labs, and partners while delivering qualification-grade evidence and regulator-ready conclusions. Move beyond individual experiments, owning an integrated program with opportunities for leadership in a cutting-edge ceramics-based nuclear fuel effort and direct collaboration with national labs