Job Title: Engineer/Scientist 3 or 4Job Summary:- Provide manufacturing engineering support for the ACRR fuel stewardship team (i.e., welding machining) in support of fabricating nuclear reactor components.)
- Complete conceptual and final engineering designs.
- Compile, refine, and publish technical and functional requirements for the designs.
- Conduct market research to identify appropriate component, hardware, and tooling vendors, including identifying vendors with appropriate Q/A programs and/or who can produce components for fuel elements under commercial grade dedication (CGD).
- Obtain cost estimates and estimated schedules for component fabrication.
- Obtain prototype and production components, hardware, and tooling for team inspection/approval, to ensure quality and workmanship of component.
- Provide engineering expertise on an as needed basis.
- Ensure that design authority representative reviews are performed as necessary to support the project.
- Coordinate fabricability reviews in collaboration with the Sandia team supporting this effort.
- Collaborate with the ACRR fuel stewardship team, as needed, such as to support hardware designs for monitoring fuel health.
- Submit monthly summary describing the month's efforts and outcomes.
- Draft technical documents on an as-needed basis.
- Review all deliverables with Sandia for final decision/determination on implementation.
- Work a hybrid schedule on a flexible basis, determined by business needs
Requirements and Education:Education: Minimum a Bachelor's Degree in Science/Technical Field preferably mechanical engineering from an ABET-accredited college or university and a minimum of 10-15 years of practical work experience necessary to perform the responsibilities outlined above.
Experience: The Engineer for this position will preferably have experience with nuclear work, such as (need not be all inclusive of or limited to the following): radiography, hot cells, use of SolidWorks or related design tools, reactor operations, radiological and criticality work controls, reactor fuel and radioactive waste lifecycles, and/or analysis of reactor concepts.
Good understanding of fabrication and manufacturing is a must
Understanding of welding: Welding processes and metallurgy, Welding codes and quality systems is a plus
NQA-1 manufacturing and fabrication experience is a big plus
SECURITY CLEARANCE: The Subcontractor shall have the ability to obtain a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance.
