Principal Nuclear Fuel Statistics and Uncertainty Lead

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE); Oak Ridge (TN); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation available

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with 5% company match

Unlimited PTO

Company holidays and paid parental/le-

Paid parental leave

Mentorship

Technical leadership opportunities

Résumé du poste

NANO Nuclear Energy is seeking a Principal Reactor Fuel Engineer to establish the statistical and uncertainty-quantification framework supporting qualification of TRISO fuel for the KRONOS HTGR. You will own the statistics strategy, sampling plans, and model validation across design, manufacturing, irradiation, PIE, safety analysis, and licensing.

Reporting to the Reactor Fuel Design Manager, you’ll provide independent statistical concurrence on qualification decisions, collaborating across a

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Nuclear Engineering or related quantitative field.
• 5+ years in nuclear fuel, materials qualification, reliability or safety-critical programs.
• Expertise in DOE, acceptance sampling, uncertainty propagation, reliability methods, and model calibration or validation.
• Experience developing statistical approaches before data collection for sparse or censored datasets.
• Proficiency with controlled statistical computing workflows and documentation.
• Strong writing and communication, translating stats into engineering/regulatory conclusions.

Responsabilités

• Develop and maintain the KRONOS Fuel Qualification Statistics and Uncertainty Quantification Plan.
• Establish sample sizes and population definitions for kernels, TRISO particles and pellets.
• Develop methods to estimate defect and fuel-failure fractions, including censored data.
• Establish uncertainty budgets across measurements and material properties.
• Define requirements for model calibration, validation, bias evaluation, and sensitivity analysis.
• Develop DOE, process capability, variability, sampling, and acceptance methods.
• Evaluate data exclusions, outliers, missing data and extrapolations.
• Author statistical conclusions and uncertainty statements for licensing documents.

Connaissances

Statistics

Uncertainty quantification

Design of experiments

Reliability engineering

Statistical inference

Model calibration/validation

Technical writing

Communication skills

Formation

Advanced degree in Statistics

Description du poste

NANO Nuclear Energy is seeking a Principal Reactor Fuel Engineer to establish the statistical and uncertainty-quantification framework supporting qualification of TRISO fuel for the KRONOS HTGR. You will own the statistics strategy, sampling plans, and model validation across design, manufacturing, irradiation, PIE, safety analysis, and licensing.

Reporting to the Reactor Fuel Design Manager, you’ll provide independent statistical concurrence on qualification decisions, collaborating across a