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Location

Wilmington, NC | United States

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Job description

Job Description Summary

In this role, the Engineer will develop design specifications, create, and mature design concepts, provide procurement support, generate drawings and design documentation, and provide testing oversight. This position requires interface with Business Project Managers, Technical Project Engineers, Sourcing, equipment manufacturers, and with engineering teams within GE and partner companies.

Job Description

Responsible for Mechanical Component Design activities that support:

• GE's existing fleet of BWRs and/or
• GE’s BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and/or
• Gen-IV reactor technologies including Natrium and ARC sodium fast reactors (SFRs).

Primary design focus areas for our Mechanical Component Design teams include:

• BWR Equipment Design
• BWR Internal Components Design
• Gen-IV Reactor Equipment Design
• Plant Servicing Equipment Design
• BWR Fuel Design (designing the mechanical components for nuclear fuel)
• Mechanical Component Testing

Essential Responsibilities

• Takes personal responsibility, understanding impact of design and associated risk. Considers customer needs and maintains open communication with interfacing engineers and project stakeholders.
• Operate in a matrixed engineering team to ensure high quality deliverables in accordance with customer requirements, business procedures, and regulatory agency guidelines.
• Executes the analysis, design, test, and integration of mechanical components and equipment required to define and support projects that meet business standards and program / product requirements.
• Performance of fundamental engineering hand calculations and modeling.
• Preparing and presenting design reviews and technical reports to internal and external customers.
• Lead/facilitate discussion and information exchange to promote open dialogue including working effectively in a matrixed team environment.
• Ensuring that product designs meet all intended application and design requirements by collaborating with experts in other functional teams
• Work closely with Sourcing and Fabricators to provide technical support.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect the technology that provides a competitive advantage to the business.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline from an accredited university or college.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to occasionally travel to domestic and international plant sites (less than 10%).
• The required work location for this role is at the GEH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC.

Desired Characteristics

• 1+ year of mechanical component design experience.
• Prior experience in nuclear or other highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of quality standards and systems (e.g., NQA-1 and ISO 9000)
• Experience analyzing and solving moderately complex design problems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to write organized engineering documents.
• Strong interpersonal and proven leadership skills.
• Knowledge of Geometric Design & Tolerancing (GD&T) practices
• Knowledge of the ASME/AWS codes
• Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD design
• Proficiency with ANSYS Finite Element Analysis (FEA) analysis.

The salary range for this position is $70-101k. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus.

Available health and welfare benefits include healthcare, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage; savings account options (such as a Health Care Flexible Savings Account, Health Reimbursement Account, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account, and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account); and an employee assistance program. Additional benefits include a defined contribution 401(k) plan, employee life insurance, optional dependent life insurance, employee accidental death or dismemberment insurance coverage, salary continuance program benefits for disability, optional long-term disability, pre-tax transportation/commuter program, paid holidays, paid time off, parental leave, a layoff plan for salaried employees, tuition reimbursement program, use of Cariloop, adoption assistance, optional identity theft prevention insurance, optional personal legal assistance, and optional personal excess liability insurance.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an  Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

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