Nuclear Reactor Fuel Reliability Summer Student Engineer

Job Title:
Nuclear ReactorFuel Reliability Summer Student Engineer
Location:
Charlotte, NC, Palo Alto, CA
Job Summary and Description:
The position is for a graduate student or experienced undergraduate with a chemical, mechanical, and/or nuclear engineering background to support Nuclear Reactor Fuel Reliability projects.
The candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Collect, review, and analyze large datasets and generate concise figures summarizing key results.
• Compare and benchmark plant operational data to simulation results.
• Perform numerical sensitivity studies with custom software that generates text-based numerical output.
• Prepare presentations and present results to a research team.

The ideal candidate will have several of the following skills:

• Proficiency with large scale Excel spreadsheets
• Proficiency with VBA macros (for Excel), Python programming, and/or other data aggregation/analysis programming languages.
• Demonstrated competence in mass and energy balances for heat transfer systems.
• An understanding of general corrosion of metals and inorganic aqueous chemistry.
• An understanding of material science, how temperature and/or irradiation impact materials, and how materials undergo deformation over time.
• Familiarity with Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) design and operations.

This position will ideally be based out of our Palo Alto, CA or Charlotte, NC offices. Applicants interested in applying for a remote-based position may also be considered.