Nuclear Safety Engineer
Core
Design, assess, and implement safety components and subsystems for nuclear weapons to support stockpile stewardship and modernization programs.
Role type
Senior IC nuclear safety engineer (weapon systems)
Builds
Nuclear weapon safety components and subsystems
Domain
Defense / Nuclear Weapons Engineering
Required skills
Safety-critical system design, safety analysis methods (event-tree, fault-tree, FMEA), margin and uncertainty quantification, systems engineering, high-hazard application experience
Preferred skills
Nuclear weapon safety design, NNSA safety analysis process, DOE Order 452-series knowledge, high explosive materials design, NNSA Nuclear Security Enterprise experience
Technologies
Event-tree analysis, Fault-tree analysis, Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), Margin and uncertainty quantification tools
Responsibilities
Derive safety requirements and develop conceptual designs, evaluate component responses under normal and abnormal environments, maintain awareness of production/maintenance activities affecting safety, prepare safety documentation and participate in design reviews, coordinate project interfaces and lead multidisciplinary teams (at SES.3 level), travel to other National Laboratories and government sites
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC (SES.2/SES.3 levels available)