Nuclear Engineer/Scientist

1 week ago

Bloomington, Illinois, United States MITRE Full time
Unlock Your Potential in Nuclear Energy

At MITRE, we're committed to tackling the nation's toughest challenges and making a lasting impact in fields like cybersecurity, healthcare, and energy. As a senior engineer in our Emerging Engineering and Physical Sciences Department, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that address energy technology and resilience challenges.

Our team is a dynamic and collaborative group of energy and environmental engineers, material scientists, systems engineers, and experts from various fields. We're passionate about innovation and fostering interests in current and emerging technologies. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career, join us at MITRE.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Analyze and evaluate advanced nuclear, small modular, and micronuclear reactors, as well as deployment challenges, using analytical, model-based, and experimental assessment.
  • Evaluate future nuclear technologies, including water, gas, liquid metal, and molten salt reactors, and their associated scientific and market-driven trends.
  • Characterize the maturity, limitations, and capabilities of nuclear technologies.
  • Design and evaluate a wide range of power and energy technologies, determining courses of action to meet customer requirements as part of a collaborative team.
  • Framing and communicating energy system performance and cost in customer applications.
  • Collaborate with diverse experts from across MITRE, our customers, and partners, providing subject matter expertise in nuclear and associated advanced energy technologies.
Requirements:
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 7 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 4 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience in one of the following fields: Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
  • Deep technical expertise in one or more nuclear technology areas, including performance testing and prediction, safety analysis and management, packaging and ruggedization, manufacturing processes and quality control, system/application integration, and nuclear design.
  • Strong technical writing and oral presentation skills.
  • The ability to conduct research and development of new energy and power systems to meet customer requirements in a collaborative environment with both internal and external researchers.
  • The ability to think critically and be proactive in pursuing research and problem-solving with minimal supervision.
  • Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must be able to obtain a Department of Defense SECRET clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • MS or PhD in one of the following areas: Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, and/or Physics.
  • Extensive experience and expertise, including recent publications, in the design and evaluation of nuclear reactors.
  • Basic understanding of a broad range of energy storage, energy conversion, energy harvesting technologies, power distribution, and power management systems that enhance energy resilience.

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