Nuclear Engineer - Santa Clara California

Company: VirtualVocations
Location: Santa Clara, California
Posted On: 02/06/2025

A company is looking for a Nuclear Shielding and Criticality Engineer for a long-term, remote contract opportunity.



Key Responsibilities:

Perform radiation shielding design and analysis for advanced nuclear reactors, calculating dose rates and neutron fluence rates
Develop radiation sources based on material activation analysis for non-fuel in-vessel components
Conduct criticality calculations and establish upper subcritical limits (USLs)


Required Qualifications:

B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering or equivalent experience; advanced degree and 5+ years of relevant experience preferred
Strong skills in MCNP and experience with radiation shielding calculations for gammas and neutrons are required
Familiarity with variance reduction using MCNP and features such as surface source read/write and mesh tallies
Strong programming skills in Python are necessary
Experience working under NQA-1 quality program desired More...

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