Senior Engineer (Plant Thermal Hydraulics Validations)

📋 Description

• Senior Engineer to support verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification for plant-scale
• Perform system-level steady-state and transient simulations to evaluate model behavior, accuracy
• Analyze experimental data to validate models and address technical gaps.
• Define validation requirements and collaborate with test engineering teams to align experiments
• Develop and maintain docs on validation methodologies, model assumptions, results, and uncertainty
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams supporting plant design, safety analysis, and licensing.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical Engineering or related field, with 6+ years of
• Demonstrated experience with system-level thermal-hydraulic analysis and code assessment for
• Proven experience with model validation, including model-to-test comparisons, validation metrics
• Hands-on experience analyzing experimental thermal-hydraulic data and comparing with system-level
• Experience with RELAP5-3D, TRACE, SAS or similar thermal-hydraulic tools.
• Strong understanding of thermal-fluid behavior, reactor systems, and energy design considerations.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive hourly compensation range of $56–$95 per hour.
• Fully remote work opportunity.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced reactor and energy technology initiatives.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary projects involving simulation, testing, safety analysis, and
• Flexible contract-based work environment.
• Opportunity to apply and expand expertise in thermal-hydraulics and validation methodologies.