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Nuclear Fuel Mechanical Design Engineer

The Mechanical Design Engineer - Fuels will be responsible for the mechanical design, development, and analysis of nuclear fuel products. This role requires collaboration with sourcing, fabrication and quality, thermal-mechanical analysts, material scientists, fuel experts, and nuclear/thermal-hydraulic analysis engineers to assure product perform within licensed and GNF performance expectations in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Create mechanical design solutions to support the development of new products & design modifications to improve existing products.
• Understand the fabrication processes for component and assemblies, the post fabrication transportation and handling and the customer application requirements for fuel products and services.
• Prepare drawings and specifications for new and existing fuel designs.
• Identify, document and lead the resolution of technical risks within each project.
• Provide well written, well organized documented engineering analyses to assure design adequacy.
• Perform design reviews and production readiness reviews.
• Address emergent customer and manufacturing issues.
• Work closely with sourcing and manufacturing to support cost reduction activities.
• Design test procedures and perform testing to address component and assembly adequacy.
• Develop procedures and work to improve engineering productivity.
• Prepare and present technical data to internal and external customers.
• Assist and provide support to the team technical leader and functional manager to plan, status and execute projects.
• Perform work with high quality in accordance with NRC regulations, customer requirements, and business quality assurance standards.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate activities with other team members on technical issues.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering or equivalent engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 1 years of mechanical engineering expertise.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The required work location is our Headquarters in Wilmington, NC, and this role requires onsite work three days per week at GVH Headquarters in Wilmington, NC.
• This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior nuclear Industry knowledge / experience (preferably BWR or SFR reactors).
• Experience in FEA Analysis using Ansys or LS DYNA.
• Proven track record of problem-solving ability and ability to perform complex engineering analyses resulting in thorough and complete documentation.
• Strong communication skills and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments.
• Working knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, vibration analysis, heat transfer, welding, statistics and finite element analysis.
• Working knowledge of casting development/production.
• A self-starter willing to take initiatives.
• Ability to make decisions with speed and accuracy based on the best available information.
• Strong customer focus and clear understanding of nuclear industries.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government. ​

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