Principal Simulator Design Engineers

The Principal Simulator Design Engineers will contribute to the designing process of a SMR-160 small modular reactor (an unfailingly safe and secure source of clean energy using nuclear fission).

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software utilized in the SMR-160 simulator;
• Apply industry best practices, codes and standards, and regulatory guidance to support the development of control strategies and simulator-assisted design activities;
• Perform programming to develop and improve the SMR-160 power plant simulator models;
• Maintain configuration control of power plant simulator models;
• Support simulation assisted design scope through model and control logic variations;
• Support development of system and integrated plant control logic;
• Support interfacing the power plant simulator with the plant control platform provider; and
• Support development of SMR-160 human-system interface concepts with the plant digital control system supplier and other project stakeholders.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 3 years of experience in a related occupation
• Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or related field;
• OR Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or related field and 5 years of experience in a related occupation;
• Experience working in fossil or nuclear energy industry;
• Experience working with instrumentation and control of integrated systems;
• Experience with Western Services Corporation 3KeyMaster simulation tool suite;
• Experience with DCSs, PLCs, HMIs and requirements in a nuclear setting;
• Experience with Control of I&C, process, and nuclear system for light water nuclear reactors;
• Experience with integrated process control strategies;
• Experience using FlowBase software for process simulations;
• Experience using RELAP for simulations; and
• Must be eligible to work in accordance with DOE 10 CFR section 810.