Senior Thermal Mechanical Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Jun 24, 2026
This job expires in: 21 days
Job Summary
Offering a fully remote opportunity, the full-time Senior Thermal Mechanical Engineer will perform fuel rod thermal-mechanical design analyses, ensuring mechanical integrity throughout the design lifetime while collaborating with experts in fuel design and analysis.
Key responsibilities:
- Perform coupled heat transfer and finite element mechanical analyses for fuel rod pellet and cladding
- Establish thermal mechanical operating limits and assist in evaluating fuel behavior for transient analyses
- Maintain and develop fuel performance code and technical design procedures related to fuel rod design/analysis activities
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 8 years of experience in a technology or engineering role
- Minimum 4 years of experience in thermal-mechanical or nuclear fuel analysis
- Ability to access U.S. export-controlled information
- Comfortable with less than 10% travel
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