Nuclear Product Engineer - Pittsburgh, PA

VetJobs; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Nuclear Product Engineer to join their innovative team in Pittsburgh. This role involves designing and enhancing products for nuclear power plants, ensuring they meet customer needs while maintaining safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering and a strong interest in reactor design and core monitoring. This position offers a hybrid work environment and competitive benefits, making it an exciting opportunity for recent graduates or early career professionals looking to make an impact in the nuclear energy sector.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Flexible Work Arrangements

Educational Reimbursement Program

Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

• Strong interest in Core Neutronics and Reactor Core Design.
• Experience in nuclear industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new products for nuclear power plants.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance product efficiency.

Skills

Nuclear Engineering

Core Monitoring

Reactor Engineering

Computer Simulation

Education

Bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering

Job description

Nuclear Product Engineer - Pittsburgh, PA

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Job Description

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Requisition Number: 20269

Company: Westinghouse Electric Co

Location: Cranberry Township, US

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in, we have an exciting opportunity! Westinghouse Global Nuclear Fuel Engineering is looking for a new graduate/early career Nuclear Product Engineer to join its Fuel Engineering Technology (FET) department. We support the most nuclear plant designs and fuel types around the world, and continuously develop and innovate to ensure customer success with advances in fuel, core design & monitoring, and next generation plant designs. We vigorously maintain a strong customer focus while maintaining accountabilities to Nuclear Safety in a culture that promotes the safe operation of the global nuclear fleet.

Location: Cranberry Township, PA, USA (CWHQ - Headquarters). No relocation assistanc will be provided for this position. This position is hybrid in nature requiring 2 days/week on-site at the Westinghouse Global Headquarters facility in Cranberry Woods, PA in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.

We are able to consider candidates authorized to work without sponsorship now and in the future as we are unable to sponsor Visa's for this opportunity.

Your Day-to-Day

The Nuclear Product Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and testing new products or enhancing existing ones; all to deliver value to our commercial nuclear power plant customers and improve the accuracy and efficiency of internal work. The Nuclear Product Engineer’s work also supports internal Westinghouse needs, such as maintenance of the Advanced Nodal Code (ANC), a 3-D spatial reactor physics computer program. Current FET products and services include the BEACON Core Monitoring System, Alternate Rod Worth Verification (ARWV), Network Management Services (NMS), and the TracWorks Fuel Data Management System.

A Successful Nuclear Product Engineer Helps Ensure That Westinghouse Products Meet The Needs Of Customers And Are Produced/maintained Efficiently. The Candidate Must Have a Passion For Helping Customers, With An Eye For Detail Coupled With a Mind For Identifying And Solving Critical Product Issues. Day-to-day Expectations And Tasks Include

Embrace the nuclear culture – i.e., understand what makes nuclear energy special and unique, thereby requiring implementation of human performance tools and operating experience to produce high quality, error free customer deliverables and product solutions.

Participation in introductory training and education that will lead to technical qualification in areas such as Nuclear Design, Core Monitoring Model Development, Reactor Engineering, and/or Software Development & Testing.

Organize and participate in each stage of product development, from ideation and concept generation and through design, testing, and implementation.

Routinely interface with external product users (including Reactor Core Designers, Station Reactor Engineers, and Reactor Operators), as well as internal users and product managers to understand customer needs and seek new ways improve their product experience.

Work with product managers to plan and prioritize product development and maintenance and to develop product roadmaps and timelines.

Communicate and align with product stakeholders.

Stay updated with industry trends and implement changes in our products accordingly. This may involve travel to customer sites, attending industry meetings/conferences, etc.

Support product technical experts in resolution of customer technical issues and delivery of technical training.

Support Product Marketing, including development of commercial offer technical descriptions, creation of product flysheets, delivery of industry presentations, etc.

Commitment to continuous learning, including participation in engineering learning seminars to maintain qualification and learn and apply lessons learned and operational experience.

Who You Are

As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

Bachelor's Nuclear Engineering Required (not open to other engineering disciplines).

Minimum 3.0 GPA Strongly Preferred

Applicable Nuclear Industry experience preferred

Westinghouse Experience Preferred

Interest in Core Neutronics, Reactor Core Design, Core Monitoring, Reactor Engineering, and/or Spent Fuel Pool Management.

Computer Simulation Experience Preferred, But Not Strictly Required

We are able to consider all candidates authorized to work without sponsorship now and in the future as we are unable to sponsor Visa's for this opportunity.

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company Is The Global Nuclear Energy Industry’s First Choice For Safe, Clean, And Efficient Energy Solutions. We Enable Our Delivery Of This Vision By Living Our Value System

Safety and Quality

Integrity and Trust

Customer Focus and Innovation

Speed and Passion to Win

Teamwork and Accountability

Benefits

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements

Educational Reimbursement Program

Employee Referral Program

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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444316BR

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

Job_Category

Engineering

City*

Pittsburgh

State*

Pennsylvania

Job Code

Engineering Engineering

Affiliate Sponsor

Westinghouse

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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