Job Description Summary

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.

The REQUIRED work location is our Headquarters in Wilmington, NC.

Job Description

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 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering or equivalent engineering discipline from an accredited college or university 

• Minimum 1 years of mechanical design or analysis experience 

Eligibility Requirements:

• The REQUIRED work location is our 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:

• Basic understanding of BWR Nuclear Fuel 

• Expertise in drafting practices (including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and 3D CAD) and analysis 

• 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