Position Title: Nuclear Shielding and Criticality Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Nuclear Shielding and Criticality Engineer opportunity.
Job 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.
- Work at Company is dynamic and evolutionary. As such, new responsibilities often arise, and you should be capable of and excited about learning and applying specialized skills.
Job Qualifications:- B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 15 years of experience
- M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 8 years of experience
- Ph. D degree in Nuclear Engineering with minimum 5 years of experience
- Competitive candidates will typically have the above experience, but less experienced candidates with highly desired experience in specialized areas will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Strong MCNP skills and experience with performing radiation shielding calculations for both gammas and neutrons are required. Experience in criticality safety is desirable.
- Candidate should be familiar with variance reduction using MCNP, and features such as surface source read/write, mesh tallies, and weight windows. Familiarity with ADVANTG for weight windows generation is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal and communication skills required.
- Ability and professionalism to work within published regulatory guidelines required.
- Experience working under NQA-1 quality program desired.
- Strong computational expertise desired.
- Experience with Attila /Attila4MC and computed aided drafting (e.g., SolidWorks, SpaceClaim) is a plus.
- Fast reactor experience a plus.
- Strong programming skills in any language is a plus, and Python is commonly used in this position.
- Knowledgeable or highly motivated to quickly learn basic nuclear reactor design concepts to meaningfully support engineering team.
- Acts independently to determine methods on new or special assignments. Works without specific direction from manager.
- Acts as a technical subject matter expert in the area of shielding or criticality safety.
- Mentors or provides technical guidance to less experienced engineers.
- Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups. Exerts cross-functional influence.
- Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
- Travel Required: 0-5%
Job Details: - Job Type: Contract
- Pay Rate Range: $73-$121/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience)
- Location: 100% Remote Acceptable
- Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
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