Naval Reactor Physics Engineer — Software & Methods Expert

Naval Nuclear Laboratory (FMP); City of Schenectady (NY); On-site; USD 86,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401(k) and capital accumulation plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Naval Nuclear Laboratory (FMP) seeks an experienced nuclear engineer or physicist to join the Reactor Physics team and contribute to method development and software tools used in reactor design, criticality safety, and shielding for the NNPP. You will collaborate with NNPP specialists to implement and validate advanced methods that enhance analytical capabilities.

Required qualifications include degrees in engineering/science with 4+ years of relevant experience or a higher degree with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a related field with relevant experience as described.
• Experience developing radiation transport and reactor analysis methods.
• Familiarity with radiation transport software like OpenMC, MCNP, Serpent, SCALE, MPACT, or OpenSN.

Responsibilities

• Understand reactor physics community needs and develop novel methods or implementations.
• Interface with designers, analysts and related specialists to verify and validate new methods or software.
• Ensure software/methods meet high quality standards for reactor design applications.
• Deploy and maintain production reactor physics software for NNPP.

Skills

Programming in C/C++/Python

OpenMC/MCNP/Serpent familiarity

HPC (MPI/OpenMP)

Software development (version control,

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science

Master's degree in engineering/science

Doctorate in engineering/science

Tools

OpenMC

MCNP

Serpent

SCALE

MPACT

OpenSN

Job description

Naval Nuclear Laboratory (FMP) seeks an experienced nuclear engineer or physicist to join the Reactor Physics team and contribute to method development and software tools used in reactor design, criticality safety, and shielding for the NNPP. You will collaborate with NNPP specialists to implement and validate advanced methods that enhance analytical capabilities.

Required qualifications include degrees in engineering/science with 4+ years of relevant experience or a higher degree with