Advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering or equivalent and 4+ years of relevant experience preferred
Fast reactor physics and design intuition
Experience in understanding and executing nuclear design/analysis methodologies, including criticality, flux/power distributions, fuel management optimization, reactivity coefficients, shielding, activation, control rod worth, detector response, and uncertainty analysis, ideally with a focus on fast-neutron reactors
Excellent “under-the-hood” knowledge of the methods of reactor physics analysis (deterministic and stochastic particle transport, isotopic depletion, perturbation theory, nuclear data, kinetics, etc.)
Experience with some nuclear engineering software such as DIF3D, MC2, PARTISN, MCNP, Serpent, SCALE, PARCS, APA, CASMO, DRAGON, ARMI, etc. preferred
Strong computational expertise required: we consider computers to be the universe at our fingertips rather than burdensome necessities
Strong programming skills in any language required, preferably in scientific computing, Python, C++, and Fortran skills are a bonus
Proven ability to integrate and automate simulation tools
Demonstrable capabilities with fundamental software development tools (e.g. IDEs, version control, profilers, debuggers, documentation builders, packaging tools)
Experience interacting on nuclear methodology with the NRC under an ASME NQA-1 compliant QA environment preferred
Good working knowledge of general numerical methods and applied mathematics (e.g. PDEs, numerical stability, statistics, numerical analysis, dynamics)