Senior Nuclear Physicist

7 days ago


Twinsburg, Ohio, United States Baker Hughes Holdings LLC Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Nuclear Physicist to join our Digital Solutions Team at Baker Hughes Holdings LLC. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in developing and evaluating new design concepts, supporting the execution of detailed design, and rapidly resolving technical challenges in production.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work as an integral member of a multidisciplinary technology development team focused on sensor technology, particularly radiation detection.
  • Apply knowledge and skills to advise on nuclear physics aspects of detector design, operation, and troubleshooting.
  • Provide guidance on the development of nuclear detector test processes.
  • Collaborate with a wide variety of colleagues with varying backgrounds across Reuter-Stokes and Baker Hughes on multi-physics research to solve difficult problems.
  • Develop, set up, and safely conduct experimentation/tests on conceptual & prototype radiation sensor systems.
  • Establish robust physics-based analysis and qualification processes that leverage in-house as well as outside capabilities.
  • Document work products in written form, e.g. technical notes, design specifications, journal publications.
  • Present work achievements to the team, and when appropriate to the scientific community at technical conferences.
  • Provide physics support for all existing Reuter-Stokes' product lines.
  • Interface with physics peers within the broader Baker Hughes community to leverage and establish best practices.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in physics or nuclear engineering or any other related field.
  • At least a master's degree in physics or Nuclear Engineering.
  • Minimum of 10 years of technical work experience or a combination of master's degree and work experience.
  • Technical experience in nuclear physics, solid state physics, optics, radiation detection is highly desirable.
  • Success with basic and applied research to support new radiation detector development.
  • Experience with a formal problem-solving methodology such as Shainin, Six Sigma, or TapRoot is preferred.
  • Extensive experience with nuclear testing and analysis techniques.
  • Experience with computational modelling tools such as ANSYS Maxwell, ZEMAX, MCNP, GEANT4, and Garfield++ (cloud hosted supercomputing preferred).
  • Strong analytical and experimental skillset.
What We Offer

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

  • This role is a Full Time Regular, live in country.

We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

  • Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
  • Comprehensive private medical care options.
  • Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
  • Tailored financial programs.
  • Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here.