Principal Nuclear Materials Engineer
Core
Develop designs and materials for high-radiation environments, providing analysis and guidance on material behavior under radiation exposure for fusion power plant components.
Role type
Principal Nuclear Materials Engineer
Builds
Radiation shield vault components (metals, dielectrics, ceramics) for fusion reactors
Domain
Nuclear fusion energy / Materials science
Required skills
Radiation effects on materials, radioactive material handling, non-aqueous corrosion mechanisms, neutron interactions, data analysis with Python/MATLAB/C++, uncertainty and statistics
Preferred skills
Strategic project leadership, technical communication, network development
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, C++
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