Program Engineer, RIM & TEDEV

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                  Program Engineer, RIM & TEDEV

LOCATION:          Bellevue, WA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower 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. 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 – all for significant human health benefits.

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 and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  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.

RIM and TEDEV Program Owner

This position is the program engineer supporting two Design Authority Programs (DAPs) for the Natrium Project. The first is the Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) program. The second is Thermal Effects, Dynamic Events, and Vibrations (TEDEV) program. This position directly supports these programs through the design, analysis, start up and testing phases of Natrium Project plants. In the design and analysis phases, this position will coordinate between stakeholders to ensure program objectives are defined and achieved as the design progresses. This will involve interfacing with internal and external resources and providing reporting to the program owner such as the RIM Expert Panel Chair. During the start-up and testing phases, this position will first interface with equipment and component suppliers, and later with testing personnel to collect and analyze data necessary for the qualification of the plant(s).

Internal mentorship will be provided as the RIM and TEDEV program project coordination responsibilities are transitioned to this role.

Responsibilities:

•  Lead the RIM DAP execution through subsequent Natrium plant phases

•  Lead the TEDEV DAP execution through subsequent Natrium plant phases

•  Provide oversight to internal and/or external TEDEV analyses

•  Interface with various stakeholder organizations to ensure RIM and TEDEV are accounted for in design, analyses, fabrication and testing.

•  Identify and lead closure of RIM and TEDEV programmatic open items

•  Act as the supplier interface for Monitoring and Nondestructive Examination (MANDE) methods development (UT, piezo films, fiber optics, USV, etc.)

•  Apply requirements from industry C&S such as ASME Section XI, Div. 2 (RIM) and ASME OM (TEDEV)

•  Provide project engineering functions to develop and execute work breakdown structures, compiled from subject matter expert and stakeholder input

Key Qualifications and Skills

•  Eight years of related experience with a STEM Bachelor’s degree, or 6 years with a Master’s degree, or 3 years with a relevant PhD.

•  Ability to compile component engineering requirements from design input documents such as specifications, drawings, Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) and stress analysis

•  Understand basic monitoring and (Nondestructive Examination) NDE principles

•  Ability to work across multiple organizations including system design, component engineering, operations, licensing and supply chain

•  Familiarity with industry piping codes and standards such