Senior Radiochemist, TerraPower Isotopes®

Location: Everett,Washington,United States

TITLE:                  Senior Radiochemist     

LOCATION:         Everett, 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.

Senior Radiochemist

TPI seeks to support revolutionary radiotherapies for treatments of cancers, such as prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by supplying radioisotopes that currently cannot be accessed in amounts required to develop medical treatments. The Senior Radiochemist will support TPI’s efforts toward the long-term production of actinium 225, leveraging specific expertise and experience working with radionuclides at scales relevant to this goal.

This position interfaces with a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in which effective communication, team-work and collaboration is required, while maintaining composure to act safely, ensure quality of data, and enable timely decision-making. The position will require good judgement in ensuring regulatory compliance while delivering on commercial production and engineering design needs. The candidate must be capable of working closely with a focused and high achieving group, working with minimal day-to-day supervision, and relocating to the Everett, WA area. 

Responsibilities

The Senior Radiochemist’s primary responsibilities include:

•         Propose, develop, and conduct radiochemistry experiments and lead research campaigns focused on manufacture and purification of radioisotopes.

•         Assist in radiochemistry laboratory and system development, including leading design efforts for flexible experimental chemistry capabilities to support TerraPower R&D activities.

•         Provide radiochemistry support for the design, scale-up, start-up and ongoing production of radioisotopes and associated containment systems.

•         Assist in the development of novel projects related to TerraPower research emphasizing radioelements and nuclear technology.

•         Interface effectively with TerraPower quality assurance disciplines as needed to ensure quality of experiments, analytical methods, and designs are maintained and continuously improved.

•         Maintain laboratory procedures (e.g., calibration, analytical methods, notebook results preparation, usage documentation).

•         Perform all work in compliance with site safety and radiation protection guidelines, including effective teamwork and communication with health physicists, authorized users and RSO.

•         Emphasize safety in new and existing design and safe practices in all experimental activities

•         Assist in the training, developing, and mentoring of employees.

•         Lead and assist in ensuring organization, housekeeping and effectiveness of TerraPower R&D radiochemistry use areas and production facilities is maintained at a high standard at all times.

•         Perform other general duties associated with position as member of radiochemistry team to ensure ongoing effectiveness and continuous improvement of TerraPower R&D efforts.

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