Nuclear Core Design Engineer - New Grads
Nuclear Core Design Engineer - New Grads
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Job Description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouses mission to provide clean energy solutions At Westinghouse we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
If this sounds like an environment you would thrive in we have an exciting opportunity! WestinghouseCore Engineering is looking for new graduate/early career Core Designers to join the Nuclear Design groups.
This position is hybrid in nature requiring 2 days/week on-site at the Westinghouse Global Headquarters facility in Cranberry Woods PA in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. No relocation will be provided for this position. We are able to entertain all candidates authorized to work without sponsorship now and in the future as we are unable to sponsor Visas for this opportunity.
Your Day-to-Day:
- Participate in introductory nuclear design specific training and education that will lead to a Westinghouse Nuclear Design (ND) qualification.
- Embrace the nuclear culture - Understand what makes Nuclear special and implement human performance tools and operating experience to produce high quality error free customer deliverables.
- Perform nuclear core design reload calculations by using the internal and external nuclear core design simulation coeds following internal methodology and design manuals and consulting with experienced peer and mentor engineers.
- Participants will interpret the results and work with independent engineering verifiers and to produce and deliver quality calculations to operating PWR plants.
- Participate in engineering learning seminars to maintain qualification and learn and apply lessons learned and operational experience in core design.
- Become a member of a core reload team and interact regularly with the nuclear plant customer to provide high quality analyses on a core reload schedule.
- Candidate will be required to interface with functional groups within Core Engineering (Thermal Hydraulics Fuel Rod Design Project Management) and groups outside CE (Safety Analysis and Licensing).
Examples of the type of nuclear design calculations may include the following for Westinghouse PWRplant designs:
- Bounding Nuclear Core Calculations Core Accident Scenarios Core Loading Pattern Designs
- Best Estimate Core Models and Core Monitoring Input
- Core Startup Calculations and Low Power Physics Testing Requirements
- Economical Models Estimates and Engineering Technical Descriptions
Who You Are:
As a successful candidate you will bring the following to the team:
- BS Nuclear Engineering
- Minimum 3.0 GPA strongly preferred
- Applicable experience preferred
- Interest in Core Neutronics and Nuclear Fuel Design
- Computer simulation experience preferred but not strictly required
Why Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industrys first choice for safe clean and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
- Safety and Quality
- Integrity and Trust
- Customer Focus and Innovation
- Speed and Passion to Win
- Teamwork and Accountability
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Health Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
- Paid Vacations and Holidays
- Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
- Educational Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township PA we have over 9000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting .
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