Senior Safety Methods Engineer

📋 Description

• The Senior Safety Methods Engineer develops, improves, and qualifies engineering methods for
• Collaborates with technical teams to enhance modeling capabilities and support reliable
• Develops system-level thermal-hydraulic analysis methods, including modeling strategies and closure
• Performs steady-state and transient analyses to evaluate model behavior and performance limits.
• Supports method qualification activities, including verification and applicability assessments.
• Develops and integrates closure models and empirical correlations for heat transfer and related

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years in system-level thermal-hydraulic modeling and method development for nuclear/advanced
• Experience developing/improving engineering analysis methods; numerical approaches, closure models
• Experience with RELAP5-3D, GOTHIC, SAS or equivalent tools.
• Strong understanding of thermal-fluid behavior in reactor systems; conduct sensitivity analyses.
• Familiarity with Python or MATLAB for scientific programming and workflow automation.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive hourly compensation range of approximately $37–$74 per hour.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced nuclear reactor development and safety engineering.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary experts in thermal hydraulics and reactor physics.
• Exposure to innovative simulation methods and licensing activities.
• Professional growth through challenging engineering projects.