Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Glass Subject Matter Expert
Core
Provide research evaluations, technical oversight of manuscripts, and operational risk reduction for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) glass program at the DOE Hanford Site.
Role type
Senior Research Engineer / Subject Matter Expert (Glass Melters)
Builds
Operational protocols for cold-cap rheology, slurry feed melting, and viscosity properties of melts for nuclear waste treatment.
Domain
Nuclear Energy / Environmental Remediation / Materials Science
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery
Required skills
Advanced scientific modeling of temperature-viscosity, rheology analysis, slurry feed melting evaluation, glass production matrix evaluation, manuscript preparation for high-impact journals, government agency procedure compliance
Preferred skills
University level teaching and supervising postdoctoral students, international conference presentation, collaboration with international academic partners
Technologies
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe), data analytic tools, Visio
Responsibilities
Provide detailed research evaluations for engineering input, oversee manuscript submissions, contribute to operational risk reduction, specify methodology for evaluating glass forming chemical sources, evaluate glass production matrices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management oversight