Nuclear Core Design Intern – Hybrid (Summer)

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; Cranberry Township (Butler County); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Paid internship

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Cranberry Township, PA, seeks a Nuclear Core Design intern for a paid full-time summer position (May - August 2027). You will join a nuclear design team, participate in training, and perform core design calculations using internal and external tools under senior guidance.

You will interpret results with mentors to help design loading patterns for PWR plants, and work on projects ranging from core calculations to fuel design and automation.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher in nuclear engineering.
• Completed Sophomore year of college.
• Core introductory nuclear classes.
• Interest in Core Neutronics and Nuclear Fuel Design.
• Computer simulation experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in introductory nuclear design training and seminars.
• Perform nuclear core design calculations using internal and external nuclear core design simulation codes, following internal methodology.
• Interpret results with mentors to produce loading pattern designs for operating PWR plants.
• Become a member of a nuclear engineering intern team and collaborate with interns, engineers, project managers, and business leaders.
• Examples of projects include bound core calculations, core loading patterns, new fuel designs, and economic models.
• Nuclear core design calculation automation and software design.

Skills

Core neutronics

Nuclear fuel design

Computer simulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering

Completed Sophomore year

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Cranberry Township, PA, seeks a Nuclear Core Design intern for a paid full-time summer position (May - August 2027). You will join a nuclear design team, participate in training, and perform core design calculations using internal and external tools under senior guidance.

You will interpret results with mentors to help design loading patterns for PWR plants, and work on projects ranging from core calculations to fuel design and automation.