Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Protingent Staffing is recruiting for a fully remote Software Engineer 4 position with a client in the commercial nuclear industry. The role supports development, testing, operation, and maintenance of software models for a control room simulator, collaborating with operators and engineers and applying thermal hydraulic and neutronic analysis expertise.
Responsibilities
- High standard to accurately reflect information from engineering documentation into plant models
- Supports development, testing and operation of the control room simulator and other software projects
- Develops software in accordance with the established procedures and processes to maintain configuration control
- Documents software defects using issue tracking software
- Provides recommended solutions when errors are encountered and seeks to identify common cause issues that affect performance of the software solution
- Provides recommended solutions for problems using professional operational principles and company objectives
- Works under consultative direction toward long-range goals and objectives. Collaborates with team members to ensure solutions are vetted and deliverables are of high quality
- Performs hardware setup and maintenance such as installing computers/monitors and connecting cables. This may at times require limited travel to other locations outside of Corvallis at company’s expense
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- A minimum of a B.S. degree in physics, engineering or other technical degree from an accredited college or university is required
- Five or more years of demonstrable software deliverables with a focus on modeling and simulator development
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Previous experience with thermal hydraulic system codes (e.g., RELAP5 and Trace)
- Working knowledge of an integrated development environment such as Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code and a revision control system such as Git is required
- Previous experience with project management systems like Gitlab or Github
- Experience with developing software in Fortran, C++, and/or Python
- Previous experience with neutronic analysis codes (e.g., Simulate 3 and MCNP)
- Demonstrable understanding of basic thermal hydraulic engineering principles
- Demonstrable understanding of basic numerical methods to solve coupled partial differential equations associated with fluid flow and heat transfer
- Demonstrable aptitude to read and interpret P&ID drawings
- Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810
- ABET accredited engineering program preferred
- Working with thermal hydraulic and neutronic analysis software is highly desirable
- Previous experience with GSE simulation software (i.e., SimExec, JTopmeret, JElectric)
Benefits
- Fully remote
- Limited travel to other locations outside of Corvallis at company’s expense
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