Associate Criticality Safety Engineer – Active Clearance Required
Core
Design, development, and testing of nuclear equipment and systems for fissionable materials operations at LLNL, supporting the DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program.
Role type
Associate Criticality Safety Engineer (Nuclear)
Builds
Nuclear equipment and systems for DOE operations
Domain
Nuclear energy / National Security
Required skills
Criticality safety evaluations, DOE-STD-3007 compliance, radiation transport software (COG, MCNP, GEANT, SCALE), reactor kinetics calculations, critical/subcritical benchmark modeling, technical documentation, data analysis
Preferred skills
Master's in Nuclear Engineering/Physics, LLNL policies knowledge, ANSI/ANS-8 Series Standards, ISSA modeling, pulsed-neutron experiments, custom radiation transport code modules
Technologies
COG, MCNP, GEANT, SCALE, OpenMC
Responsibilities
Assist with criticality safety evaluations and review equipment/operating procedure changes; Perform walk-through inspections and annual reviews of work authorization documents; Conduct Fundamentals of Criticality Safety training; Travel to Nevada National Security Sites as needed
Seniority
Associate, entry-level IC