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Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Engineer

Radiant Industries

Develop reactor-physics, shielding, criticality-safety, accident-dose and transient-analysis solutions for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

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Location

El Segundo, California, United States

Work mode

On-site

Employment

Full-time

Experience

Mid Level

Visa support

No Visa Sponsorship

Salary

$1,06,500 – $1,46,475 per year

Official base-salary range. The total compensation package may also include equity and employee benefits.

Opportunity

Job Description

The Nuclear Engineer owns technical studies supporting the design and licensing of Radiant’s Kaleidos portable microreactor. Work may cover radiation shielding, criticality safety, reactor physics, accident dose consequences, transient behaviour and radiation detection.

Responsibilities

• Perform reactor-physics and radiation-transport calculations.
• Design and evaluate radiation shielding.
• Conduct criticality-safety and accident-dose analyses.
• Model transient reactor behaviour.
• Verify and validate nuclear-analysis methods.
• Translate regulatory and customer requirements into engineering criteria.
• Collaborate with thermal, mechanical, electrical and systems engineers.
• Prepare calculations, reports and design documentation.

Eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• At least one to two years of nuclear-engineering experience; a master’s degree may count toward experience.
• Experience with radiation-transport methods.
• Basic understanding of thermal-hydraulic principles.
• Ability to work entirely onsite in El Segundo.
• Ability to satisfy US export-control requirements.

Required Skills

Nuclear engineeringRadiation transportMCNP, OpenMC or SerpentScientific programming

Preferred Skills

Reactor transient analysisRadiation shieldingNuclear safety analysis

Application Instructions

Open the official Radiant application page, select Apply for this Job, complete the candidate form and submit your résumé and requested supporting information.

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