Principal Integrated Plant and Structures Engineer – Seismic Integration

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:             Principal Integrated Plant and Structures Engineer – Seismic Integration

LOCATION:    Bellevue, WA, USA   

TerraPower® is a nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At our core, we are working to raise living standards globally. The essential factor? Energy. In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities, and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment.  TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. TerraPower is committed to bringing sustainable, affordable and safe energy to address global issues. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development, and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Principal Integrated Plant and Structures Engineer – Seismic Integration 

TerraPower, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Principal Integrated Plant and Structures Engineer to support Seismic Integration for TerraPower’s advanced nuclear reactor projects. In this role, you will support the development of plant level requirements and strategies relevant to complex seismic design and licensing activities, perform technical review of work products, and facilitate the integration of strategies and work products across project disciplines. The successful candidate will coordinate with engineers working on structures, systems, components, and engineering analyses for successful integration of input and requirements for nuclear plant seismic design and analysis. Candidates must have extensive experience in seismic design and analysis, civil/structural design and analysis, safety and probabilistic analysis, project coordination, peer review, and requirements development for nuclear power projects.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and implement seismic design bases and design strategies in support of plant design and licensing activities, including risk-Informed, performance-based strategies and methodologies 
• Develop, maintain, review, and refine plant level and system level requirements and specification documents for integration with plant design activities
• Interface with design disciplines to identify and develop design information and specify seismic system design and performance criteria
• Ensure and review that licensing and code requirements are clearly established and implemented in the design and in alignment with project design and licensing strategies
• Support and review plant design cost studies and engineering decisions as seismic integration SME
• Coordinate and oversee civil/structural multi-system integrated analyses such as soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses, seismic analytical model development, external hazard fragility, and probabilistic risk assessment
• Support monitoring and appraisal of design organizations, partners, contractors, and subcontractors’ performance to ensure that all technical requirements for the design are effectively and correctly implemented and processes are followed
• Lead and support design and integration reviews and resolution of cross functional technical issues
• Lead and support the integration of plant information into licensing basis and regulatory submittal documents that support the licensing of nuclear facilities under the Licensing Modernization Project
• Keep Project Management and Engineering Management informed of major emerging technical issues and risks
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and