Contractor – Thermal-Hydraulic Engineer

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NuScale Power

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201 - 500 employees

⚡ Energy

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Energy • Manufacturing

NuScale Power is a pioneering company in the nuclear energy sector, dedicated to designing innovative and safer nuclear power plants. The company's flagship product is the NuScale Power Module™ (NPM), a small modular reactor that integrates essential components into a single, factory-fabricated unit. Each NPM generates 77 megawatts of electricity, and a single NuScale plant can accommodate up to 12 modules, totaling 924 megawatts. NuScale emphasizes safety with its unique design that allows each module to automatically shut down and self-cool in case of a power loss, enhancing operational reliability. With a mission to improve the quality of life for all through advanced nuclear technology, NuScale Power is redefining the future of energy generation.

📋 Description

• Report to the Manager, Thermal Hydraulics • Collaborate with Nuclear Methods, Nuclear Design, Code Development, Engineering, and Operations teams • Execute and review system-level thermal-hydraulic evaluations using RELAP • Execute and review subchannel analyses using VIPRE • Prepare and verify VIPRE subchannel analyses, including CHF predictions and margin evaluations • Prepare and verify RELAP system-level evaluations, including LOCA, non-LOCA transients, and design-basis evaluations • Evaluate system designs, operating functions, and engineered features for required safety functions • Recommend design modifications that preserve safety margins and maintain system performance • Lead cross-functional thermal-hydraulic reviews for reload safety analyses, plant design changes, operational concepts, and licensing deliverables • Identify margin sensitivities and cross-discipline interface impacts • Support development and maintenance of licensed thermal-hydraulic methods and implementing analyses • Maintain thermal-hydraulic modeling standards, evaluate method applicability ranges, and advise on code and model updates • Apply licensed methods to alternate regulatory frameworks and adapt methodologies to country-specific regulatory expectations • Manage interfaces with core and fuel design, subchannel thermal hydraulics, and transient analysis • Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and lead complex analysis tasks • Contribute to licensing technical/topical reports, license applications, and other licensing documentation • Participate in licensing interactions with the government regulator • Prepare and verify engineering reports, calculations, studies, system descriptions, requirement specifications, and design documents • Develop innovative solutions to multifaceted technical challenges and execute analyses with minimal oversight • Support changing priorities, including urgent analyses, cross-functional reviews, technical troubleshooting, and special studies

🎯 Requirements

• A minimum of B.S. degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering (or related discipline) from a four-year accredited college or university is required • Advanced degree in Nuclear, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering is desirable • A minimum of 8 years of full-time, directly relevant engineering experience is required • Experience implementing engineering design processes for subchannel thermal-hydraulics, transient analysis, and related safety analysis is required • Experience with RELAP5 is required • Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810 • Understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and ASME NQA-1 • Ability to travel nationally and locally using common forms of transportation • Ability to communicate clearly using phones, personal interaction, and computers • Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and apply new concepts quickly • Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands to operate office equipment, and reach with hands and arms

🏖️ Benefits

• 40 hour/week contract position expected to last through 2027 • Remote work within the contiguous United States • Travel as needed for business needs • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Equal opportunity employment

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