Design Engineer for Thermal-hydraulic Fuel Assembly and Reactor Core Design

Your tasks include:

• Design calculations for thermal-hydraulic fuel assembly and core design, for boiling water and pressurized water reactors
• Safety analyses – especially core transients – using scientific and engineering  computer codes
• Technical guidance of a working group and organization of technical cooperation with other organizational units (lead engineer)
• Creation of quality-assured licensing documents
• Maintenance and development of analysis methods and computer codes
• Performance of studies and benchmarks on reactor operation, validation of computer programs or fuel assembly development
• Representing the area of expertise in front of customers, authorities and experts

You

• apply scientific computer codes, such as RELAP, RAMONA, COBRA, ARCADIA
• document and assess your work results
• prepare licensing documents for the design and operation of fuel assemblies and reactor cores for contractual projects
• represent your group’s work results in front of customers, authorities and external experts
• work closely with other disciplines of fuel assembly design (neutron-physics design, mechanical design)
• contribute to the qualification of other employees with your professional expertise

You have

• a degree in nuclear engineering, physics or comparable
• relevant professional experience in thermal-hydraulics and/or fuel assembly design
• knowledge of reactor physics and fluid mechanics (steady state and transient)
• experience in the application of scientific and engineering computer codes
• knowledge of BWR technology is of advantage

Specialization: TAH - Safety, process and systems design - Reactor operation & functional design

Level of education (all) Master

Place: Germany, Bayern - Erlangen, Erlangen