Nuclear Engineer: Reactor Physics & AI-Enhanced Design

AMPERA; Florida; On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Savings bank

Stock options plan

Vision insurance

Wellness resources

Job summary

AMPERA is seeking a Nuclear Engineer to join its Reactor Physics team and contribute to reactor core design, reactor physics calculations, and radiation transport analyses using modern software and AI tools. The role targets a recent nuclear engineering graduate with strong theoretical foundation and hands-on computational experience.

The candidate will translate physical problems into computational models, evaluate results, and contribute to tools that enhance reactor design and analysis, in a

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Nuclear Engineering required.
• Strong foundation in reactor physics, transport theory, and numerical methods.
• Hands-on experience with at least one reactor physics or radiation transport code (OpenMC, MCNP, SCALE).
• Programming in Python for numerical analysis and data processing.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding or analysis tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Perform reactor physics and core design calculations and fuel-cycle analyses.
• Develop radiation transport models for shielding and design analyses.
• Write scripts to prepare models, run calculations, and process results.
• Apply numerical methods and AI-assisted tools to support design studies.
• Contribute to model verification, validation, and testing.
• Support sensitivity studies and uncertainty assessments.
• Prepare clear calculation records and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with other disciplines and support testing activities.
• Adhere to engineering quality requirements and nuclear safety culture.

Skills

Reactor physics

Transport theory

Numerical methods

Python programming

AI-assisted tools

Education

MS/PhD in Nuclear Engineering

Tools

OpenMC

MCNP

SCALE

Python

Job description

AMPERA is seeking a Nuclear Engineer to join its Reactor Physics team and contribute to reactor core design, reactor physics calculations, and radiation transport analyses using modern software and AI tools. The role targets a recent nuclear engineering graduate with strong theoretical foundation and hands-on computational experience.

The candidate will translate physical problems into computational models, evaluate results, and contribute to tools that enhance reactor design and analysis, in a