Senior Thermal Analysis & Systems Lead (Nuclear)

X-energy; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with an employer match

Medical/Dental /Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Dev

Job summary

X Energy, LLC in Rockville, MD, seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to manage a group of engineers across multiple nuclear projects. You will direct work, oversee design, analysis, and drafting of systems, and ensure on-time delivery within budget while aligning with project leadership.

The role requires a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, about ten years of engineering experience, and strong supervisory and thermodynamics expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Typically ten years of engineering experience; graduate degrees count as extra.
• Experience with 1D flow-solvers for heat and mass balance.

Responsibilities

• Manages the execution of the mechanical design, analysis, and evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Manages the utilization of engineering resources across multiple projects and ensures qualified engineers are performing assigned work.
• Adjudicates technical differences within their area of responsibility to determine best option, while fostering a healthy engineering dialogue.
• Lead design cycle sprints and provide direction to ensure the convergence of efforts of engineering team members, partners, and suppliers to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality engineering work products are on schedule and within budget as defined by the Project leadership.
• Manages staff by ensuring they are meeting expectations and promoting their professional development.
• Influences the development of strategy, methodology and technical tools for the area of responsibility, including control of resources, policy formulation, and ways in which technical work is executed.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, tools, or services.
• Uses high level of judgement to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operations, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering.
• Act in advisory capacity to define scope and level of effort estimates for areas where their resources would be supporting.
• Work within a multidisciplinary engineering team to create the next generation nuclear power plants.
• Perform work in accordance with design control procedures, ensuring thorough documentation of work, facilitation of internal and external design reviews, and control of product design configuration data.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Project scheduling

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline

Ten years engineering experience

Tools

RELAP

Flownex

NPSS

SINDA/FLUINT

ASPEN Plus

Flomaster

Job description

X Energy, LLC in Rockville, MD, seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to manage a group of engineers across multiple nuclear projects. You will direct work, oversee design, analysis, and drafting of systems, and ensure on-time delivery within budget while aligning with project leadership.

The role requires a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, about ten years of engineering experience, and strong supervisory and thermodynamics expertise.