Onsite Nuclear Reactor & Fuel Design Engineer (Richland)

Energy Northwest; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Northwest’s Reactor Engineering and Fuel Design team provides independent engineering services to ensure safe, efficient core and fuel operations. This role leads complex analyses, mentors other engineers, and influences loading strategies for each operating cycle to support plant reliability and economic performance.

The Engineer Principal/Senior/Staff roles require formal engineering degrees or PE licensure with extensive nuclear experience, with 12‑hour outage shifts and on-site

Qualifications

• Qualified Reactor Engineer at a nuclear power plant.
• Core design, reload project management, or transient analysis.
• Programming skills (e.g. PowerShell or Python).
• Control rod and nuclear instrumentation monitoring and depletion.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements. Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.
• Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects.
• Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.
• Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others.
• Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
• Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
• Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action.

Skills

Programming skills (PowerShell or Pyth

Core design experience

Transient analysis

Control rod & instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

PE license

Job description

Energy Northwest’s Reactor Engineering and Fuel Design team provides independent engineering services to ensure safe, efficient core and fuel operations. This role leads complex analyses, mentors other engineers, and influences loading strategies for each operating cycle to support plant reliability and economic performance.

The Engineer Principal/Senior/Staff roles require formal engineering degrees or PE licensure with extensive nuclear experience, with 12‑hour outage shifts and on-site