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Nuclear Criticality Safety Postdoctoral Research Staff

Livermore, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $135,768–$135,768🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, model, and analyze laboratory critical and subcritical experiments; develop radiation measurement instrumentation and perform criticality safety evaluations.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Staff (Nuclear Criticality Safety)

Builds

Experimental procedures, radiation measurement instrumentation, and criticality safety evaluations for laboratory experiments.

Domain

Nuclear engineering and physics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Radiation transport methods (MCNP, SCALE, GEANT, COG, Serpent, OpenMC), Computational physics, Programming (Python, FORTRAN, C++), Experimental design, Safety and management reviews, Technical reporting

Preferred skills

Active DOE Q-level security clearance, PhD in Nuclear Engineering or Physics

Technologies

MCNP, SCALE, GEANT, COG, Serpent, OpenMC, Python, FORTRAN, C++

Responsibilities

Collaborate in the design, modeling, and analysis of laboratory critical and subcritical experiments; Develop experimental procedures and guide them through safety and management reviews; Assist in performing criticality safety evaluations of laboratory work; Publish research results in peer-reviewed scientific or technical journals and present results at external conferences, seminars, and/or technical meetings.

Seniority

Postdoctoral Researcher

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