Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer, Reactor
Location
Bellevue, WA | United States
Job description
System One is seeking to contract with a Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer, Reactor for a yearlong fully remote position . The Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer is a dedicated position focused on analyzing the mechanical performance of various reactor core components, reactor structures, reactor vessels, and nuclear island components. The position will report to the Mechanical Engineering Analysis Manager and will join the Engineering Analysis team and will work as part of a high functioning team of engineers and scientists focused on developing the design of next generation advanced nuclear reactors.
Responsibilities - Perform mechanical analyses of reactor structures, systems, and nuclear island components to verify that their performance remains within imposed limits as defined by applicable structural and pressure equipment codes and standards (ASME BPVC, and AISC).
- Work with interdisciplinary team of engineers to establish and optimize nuclear components design consistent with required functional and quality requirements.
- Establish and maintain documents of analysis results and design solutions.
- Perform peer review to maintain the expected quality standard as per the engineering quality assurance plan.
- Assist the team Manager and Senior Manager when necessary.
- Mentor the engineers and team members as necessary to build a skilled and confident team.
- Work as a technical point of contact for various focus tasks.
Key Qualifications: - B.S, M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from accredited university. Aerospace and Civil Engineering degrees are also considered.
- Minimum of 8+ years of related experience with a B.S. degree, or 7+ years with an M.S. or 5+ years with Ph.D. degree.
- Proficient in finite element stress analysis, mechanical analysis methods and commercial mechanical stress analysis modeling tools with emphasis on ANSYS.
- Strong understanding of solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, and fatigue failure.
- Candidate should have demonstrated experience in mechanical analysis of equipment or components. This may include structural analysis, buckling analysis, thermal analysis, or creep / inelastic analysis.
- Candidate should have demonstrated experience in seismic analysis of equipment or components; in particular, experience with response spectrum and time history modeling techniques in accordance with the requirements of ASCE 4, ASCE 7, and/or ASCE 43 is highly desirable.
- Experience or familiarity working under stringent quality assurance requirements such as ASME NQA-1, MIL-Q-9858A, or ISO-9000.
- Working experience with pressure equipment design codes and standards such as ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III, Div. 1 and 5, Section VIII Div. 2, Process Piping analysis code B31.1 and B31.3.
- Working experience with structural design codes and standards such as AISC N690, AISC 360, AWS D1.1, and AWS D1.6 is desirable.
- Experienced with conceptual design and sizing for equipment and structural components through basic calculation and utilizing Mathcad.
- Strong communication skills and collaborative teamwork is highly desired.
- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.
The Ideal Candidate - Thorough understanding of the requirements for the design one or more applicable pressure equipment codes (i.e., ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (III, & VIII).
- Experienced with the rules of with ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code Section III Division 5.
- Thorough understanding of the requirements for the design to one or more applicable structural design codes (i.e., AISC N690, AISC 360).
- Thorough understanding of code and standards requirements related to the seismic design of equipment (i.e., ASCE 4, ASCE 7, ASCE 43).
- Working knowledge of computer code development and knowledgeable in modern programming tools on personal computers and code development for parallel processing such as Python.
- Working experience utilizing Mathcad.
- Previous experience in the nuclear industry.
- Previous experience working as technical lead for focused tasks.
Pay range based on experience $70-$100 hourly
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