TRISO Fuel Design and Process Development Engineer

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Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s 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.

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s 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.


Responsibilities

  • Lead TRISO manufacturing implementation strategy, supporting fabrication of TRISO fuel kernels and compacts for the eVinci™ Microreactor.
  • Direct manufacturing processes to ensure fabricated TRISO product achieves fuel manufacturing specifications.
  • Initiate and follow procurement of fuel fabrication equipment, provide integration across cross-disciplinary program teams, and oversee fabrication scale-up initiatives.
  • Develop robust manufacturing concepts to simplify and improve processes and ensure best practices.
  • Identify opportunities for preventing waste and inefficiency during production.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on TRISO fuel product design and fabrication in cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Interface with and influence national laboratory partners, third-party fabricators and uranium suppliers, internal supply chain and materials acquisition representatives, and other project teams.
  • Serve as a design and/or review team member on related reactor system project teams considering the integrated ricks and relations to TRISO fuel.
  • Support TRISO quality assurance, fuel failure and safety analysis, and licensing efforts for the eVinci™ Microreactor.

Who You Are:

As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team:

  • Fuel manufacturing experience, particularly for TRISO fuel.
  • Bachelor’s degree required - Nuclear, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or closely related field preferred.
  • Advanced degree – M.S. or Ph.D. in above fields highly desired.
  • Minimum 6 years of applicable experience required.

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s 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 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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