Thermal Analysis Lead, Nuclear Systems

X-Energy, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with employer match

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Dev

Job summary

X Energy, LLC in Gaithersburg, MD, seeks a senior mechanical engineering leader to manage a group of engineers across projects, directing work and supporting design, analysis and drafting for advanced reactor plants.

You will lead design cycles, allocate resources, mentor staff, and drive technical strategy, with rigorous design control, documentation, and collaboration with partners and suppliers to deliver high-quality engineering on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited university or college.
• Typically, ten years of engineering experience.
• Graduate degrees typically count as two plus years of experience.
• Use of 1D flow-solvers performing heat/energy and mass balance (e.g., RELAP, Flownex, NPSS, SINDA/FLUINT, ASPEN Plus, Flomaster, or similar).

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.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

RELAP

Flownex

NPSS

SINDA/FLUINT

ASPEN Plus

Flomaster

Job description

X Energy, LLC in Gaithersburg, MD, seeks a senior mechanical engineering leader to manage a group of engineers across projects, directing work and supporting design, analysis and drafting for advanced reactor plants.

You will lead design cycles, allocate resources, mentor staff, and drive technical strategy, with rigorous design control, documentation, and collaboration with partners and suppliers to deliver high-quality engineering on schedule and within budget.