AMVETS Jobs

Job Information

TerraPower Electrical Systems Engineer in Bellevue, Washington

TITLE: Electrical Systems Engineer LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Electrical Systems Engineer TerraPower, LLC is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Systems Engineer for this position, which reports directly to the Electrical Systems Design Manager. In this role, you will act as Electrical Systems Engineer for Sodium Fast Reactor technologies, including responsibility for the electrical systems design, initial license basis information, prototype development and testing, plant level system integration, and commissioning. Your role will include interfacing with a team of scientists and engineers internal and external to TerraPower. Responsibilities Responsible for interfacing and supporting geographically diverse and international design team members to develop supporting technical and license basis documentation. The team members include in-house and subcontracted resources and may include partner/customer resources as well Design oversight of partners and subcontractors developing Electrical designs for the Natrium reactor from system and sub-system functional requirements through final design Support development of electrical system deliverables including but not limited to procurement specifications, requirements documents, system design descriptions, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), calculations, single-line diagrams, and design change packages Develop and review system- and component-level specifications and scopes of work Perform engineering and design evaluations to support application of structure, system, and component (SSC) classification guidance, industrial and nuclear codes and standards, licensing requirements, and NRC regulations to Natrium electrical systems Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers in applicable nuclear and non-nuclear related design standards Analyze and apply regulatory guidance and technical standards to complex electrical system design Provide technical direction and oversight of supplier projects, working with the contract administrator to ensure delivery of data and other deliverables to meet TerraPower requirements, as well as coordination and performance of technical reviews of deliverables Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices in order to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities Integrate Electrical with work of other disciplines, engineers, scientists, and subject matter experts at TerraPower,

DirectEmployers