Description

Senior Mechanical Designer

TerraPower, LLC. is seeking a highly motivated and resourceful Senior Mechanical Designer. In this role, you will create design solutions for the conceptual and preliminary design development of various reactor core components, reactor structures, and Nuclear Island components for the Natrium Generation IV Reactor. Candidates must have extensive experience in equipment design. The Senior Mechanical Designer will report to the Core Component Design Manager. The Senior Mechanical Designer will work as part of a high functioning team of engineers and scientists focused on developing the design of next generation advanced nuclear reactors.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and utilize inputs and requirements from Engineering and Project teams to produce equipment and components design solutions.
• Provide planning and schedule input for design activities.
• Perform tolerance stackups using GD&T.
• Interface with the team's engineering analysis activities.
• Develop detailed engineering models and drawings.
• Develop engineering specifications and testing documentation.
• Present equipment and components design results for design reviews.
• Interface with junior engineers and subcontractors, providing direction and mentoring for CAD and GD&T.
• Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities.

Key Qualifications:

• Education Associates degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of equipment / component design experience.
• Experience with SolidWorks 3D CAD (preferred) or equivalent CAD software.
• Experience with Solidworks PDM (preferred) or equivalent CAD software.
• Experience with GD&T essential.
• Familiarity in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills, creative thinker.
• Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly, and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Has previous experience:
• In the nuclear industry with core assemblies including fuel, control, and neutron source assemblies.
• Using SolidWorks as a design tool.
• Using Solidworks PDM.
• Creating detailed engineering models and drawings.
• With tolerance stackups using GD&T.
• Writing engineering specifications and testing documentation.
• Creating and documenting basic engineering analyses (tolerance stack-ups, structural, and thermal expansion).

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
• Travel required: 0-5%

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