Summer 2027 Internship - Reactor Operations Engineer

Bluecrest Partners; El Segundo (CA); Sur place; USD 47 000 - 55 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Compensation: $34–$40 per hour

Résumé du poste

Bluecrest Partners is seeking an Engineering Research & Development intern focused on operations and nuclear reactor engineering in El Segundo, CA. You will translate complex hardware and software designs into executable procedures for testing, commissioning, and operations.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, you’ll enhance operator interfaces, workflows, and tools while ensuring procedures meet regulatory standards for real-world execution. This role is 100% onsite at HQ in El Segundo.

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS or MS in Mechanical, Nuclear, Aerospace or related field.
• Proficiency in managing or optimizing complex hardware and software processes for testing and operations.
• Ability to apply first principles thinking to solve problems in uncertain situations.
• This internship is based 100% onsite at the company’s HQ in El Segundo, CA.

Responsabilités

• Develop and refine operational procedures that integrate both software and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Bridge engineering, operations, and human factors to create DOE or NRC compliant procedures.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve operator interfaces, procedural workflows, and software tools.
• Gain firsthand experience, ensuring procedures align with real-world execution.
• Support testing and iterative improvements of digital twin scenarios, operator systems, and human-machine interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with DOE and NRC standards, maintaining clear and usable procedural documentation.

Connaissances

First principles

Hardware testing

Cross-functional collab

Formation

Pursuing BS in Mechanical Engineering

Pursuing MS in Nuclear Engineering

Outils

Python

UNIX

Description du poste

Department:

Engineering Research & Development

Role Overview:

The role focuses on operations and nuclear reactor engineering.

• Develop and refine operational procedures that integrate both software and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• This role offers a rare opportunity to bridge engineering, operations, and human factors in a highly technical and regulated environment. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to translate complex hardware and software designs into clear, executable, and DOE or NRC compliant procedures. Your work will ensure that Reactor Operators (ROs) and Senior Reactor Operators (SROs) can efficiently and safely execute test, commissioning, and operational activities.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to improve operator interfaces, procedural workflows, and software tools.
• Gain firsthand experience, ensuring procedures align with real-world execution.
• Support testing and iterative improvements of digital twin scenarios, operator systems, and human-machine interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with DOE and NRC standards, maintaining strict formatting, clarity, and usability in procedural documentation.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in managing or optimizing complex hardware and software processes for testing and operations.
• Ability to apply first principles thinking to solve problems and make decisions in uncertain or ambiguous situations.
• This internship is based 100% onsite at the company’s HQ in El Segundo, CA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands‑on experience in developing technical procedures, human factors engineering, or operational interface design.
• Proficiency in Python, UNIX, for procedure testing within the simulator environments.
• Experience with human factors and user‑centered instructions for operational workflows.

Compensation:

The compensation for this role is $34–40 per hour.