Senior Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer (Hybrid)

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; Burr Ridge (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) with company match

Paid vacations

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is seeking a Senior Nuclear Engineer - Safety Analysis to support calculations and validation experiments for nuclear safety performance across power plants and waste treatment. The role includes thermal-hydraulic modeling, radiological source term analysis, and developing software in C++, Fortran, and Python.

The position reports to the Manager of Experimental & Accident Modeling / Safety Analysis, Risk Applications, and Licensing.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering (Nuclear, Chemical or Mechanical) required.
• Minimum 6+ years of applicable experience in nuclear safety analysis or related field.
• Proficiency in thermodynamics, transport phenomena, kinetics and multi-phase flow modeling; experience with MAAP/RELAP/PRA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform calculations and support validation experiments to maintain nuclear safety calculations for nuclear power plants and related facilities.
• Support thermal-hydraulic analysis for system performance and related phenomena.
• Develop software components in C++, Fortran, and Python; contribute to documentation and evaluation reports.
• Verify first-of-a-kind evaluations and ensure rigorous safety analyses.

Skills

Thermodynamics

Transport phenomena

Kinetics

Multi-phase flow modeling

C++

Fortran

Visual Basic

MathCAD

Python

Source control

Education

BS Engineering (Nuclear, Chemical or Mechanical)

Tools

C++

Fortran

Visual Basic

MathCAD

Python

Source control

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is seeking a Senior Nuclear Engineer - Safety Analysis to support calculations and validation experiments for nuclear safety performance across power plants and waste treatment. The role includes thermal-hydraulic modeling, radiological source term analysis, and developing software in C++, Fortran, and Python.

The position reports to the Manager of Experimental & Accident Modeling / Safety Analysis, Risk Applications, and Licensing.