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TerraPower Reactor Core System Design Engineer in Bellevue, Washington
Title: Reactor Core System Design Engineer Location: Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States Job Type: Full-time Description:
TITLE: Reactor Core System Design Engineer, Natrium
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 contract with, via agency vendor, 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. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.
Reactor Core System Design Engineer, Natrium
The Reactor Core System (RCC) Design Engineer reports directly to the RCC System Lead and is focused on the integration of the core design, methods, and core component designs. In this role, you will act as a System Design Engineer supporting TerraPower's Natrium project. The successful candidate will integrate and coordinate with engineers working on the RCC and interfacing systems as part of a high-performing team of engineers and scientists.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for working as part of a geographically diverse design team to develop supporting design documentation. The team members include TerraPower employees, subcontracted resources, partner employees, and customers.
• Support the RCC System Lead to accomplish the design of integrated systems, equipment, and components, from requirements definition through final design, to the highest levels of safety and reliability.
• Apply Engineering principles, methods, and tools to the design of nuclear and industrial facility and its systems.
• Support coordination of analyses, such as neutronics, thermal, fuel performance, core mechanical, and other analyses performed by others required for the design.
• Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes such as ASME, ANS, etc.
• Analyze and apply regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical system design and provide technical direction and guidance to others in applicable nuclear and non-nuclear related design standards.
• Lead planning efforts and maintain schedule adherence for design activities.
• Interface with the design te