Nuclear Fuel & Core Design Engineer

American Nuclear Society; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a Nuclear Engineer (Fuel & Core Design) to join the Nuclear Fuels Department at its corporate office in Jackson, Mississippi. You will work with fuel vendors to design and license nuclear fuel bundles and core loading patterns for each operating cycle.

Core Design Engineers ensure safe, reliable, and robust core designs while improving efficiency and robustness through reactor physics analyses and fuel management. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering preferred.
• 0+ to 6+ years of engineering experience depending on level.
• Experience in reactor engineering, safety analysis, core design or fuel-related fields.
• Familiarity with CASMO/SIMULATE, SCALE, MCNP.
• Programming in Python/FORTRAN/Visual Basic and UNIX/Linux scripting.

Responsibilities

• Manage core reload projects for fuel bundles and reactor cores.
• Provide reactor physics and fuel criticality expertise for design basis.
• Apply operating experience to ensure safe, reliable fuel designs within licensing limits.

Skills

Reactor physics understanding

Nuclear fuel management

Technical communication

Analytical thinking

Education

B.S. in Nuclear Engineering

Tools

CASMO/SIMULATE

SCALE

MCNP

Python

FORTRAN

UNIX/Linux scripting

Job description

Entergy is seeking a Nuclear Engineer (Fuel & Core Design) to join the Nuclear Fuels Department at its corporate office in Jackson, Mississippi. You will work with fuel vendors to design and license nuclear fuel bundles and core loading patterns for each operating cycle.

Core Design Engineers ensure safe, reliable, and robust core designs while improving efficiency and robustness through reactor physics analyses and fuel management. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.