Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. System One is hiring a Nuclear Shielding and Criticality Engineer to support advanced nuclear reactor analysis. The role focuses on radiation shielding design, criticality calculations, activation analysis, neutron fluence, energy deposition, and formal documentation using MCNP 6.2.
Responsibilities
- Perform radiation shielding design and analysis for advanced nuclear reactors, including calculating dose rates, activation rates, neutron fluence rates, and energy deposition rates
- Develop radiation sources based on material activation analysis for non-fuel in-vessel components
- Perform criticality calculations and develop upper subcritical limits (USLs)
- Establish and maintain formal documentation of analysis results
Skills
- • BS degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 15 years of experience
- • MS degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 8 years of experience
- • PhD degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 5 years of experience
- • Strong MCNP skills and experience with performing radiation shielding calculations for both gammas and neutrons
- • Familiarity with variance reduction using MCNP, and features such as surface source read/write, mesh tallies, and weight windows
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- • Ability and professionalism to work within published regulatory guidelines
- • Knowledgeable or highly motivated to learn nuclear reactor design concepts quickly
- • Experience working in an NQA-1 environment with rigorous quality standards is desirable
- • Experience with Attila /Attila4MC and computed aided drafting (e.g., SolidWorks, SpaceClaim) is a plus
- • Strong programming skills in any language, especially Python, is a plus
Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- PTO
- Remote – offsite work model
- Eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, and voluntary plans
- Participation in a 401(k) plan
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