Nuclear Remote Systems Engineer

Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Nuclear Remote Systems Engineer to work on our Fuels PIE Instrument and Data Science Engineering team. Our team works a 4x10 schedule located out of our Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) with every Friday off.

This position is located at our Materials and Fuels Complex, which hosts the core of the U.S. nuclear research and development capabilities with a diverse array of facilities designed for remote work on highly irradiated fuels and materials. A new fuel idea can be designed, fabricated, tested, and analyzed at MFC to better understand the effects of irradiation. Many groups, such as universities, industry partners, other national laboratories, international research organizations, and other federal agencies are working at MFC.

The Nuclear Remote System Engineer uses engineering fundamentals to perform work in a remotely operated hot cell environment for Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) on highly irradiated nuclear reactor fuels. Integrated with Engineering, Research, and Operations, the Nuclear Remote Systems Engineer is a gatekeeper for in-cell remote applications, balancing the engineering process with the needs of researchers and the conduct of operations.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provide imaginative and practical engineering solutions to research related programmatic issues and challenges where highly specialized equipment solutions are required to be designed, operated, and maintained (typically one-of-kind design) in a remote hot-cell environment.
• Collect, assimilate, interpret, and report technical data generated from assigned process instrumentation, equipment, and systems to meet programmatic research goals.
• Maintain documentation and operational procedures of assigned process instrumentation, equipment, and systems. Write, review, and revise PIE documentation, procedures, and drawings.
• Maintain configuration management of assigned systems and utilize the Engineering Change (EC) process when making repairs, modifications, or upgrades.
• Troubleshooting of in-cell electromechanical instrumentation, equipment, and systems
• Modify existing process equipment/systems to support new missions. Adapt commercially available equipment for remote applications. Install and qualify (Mockup) of new PIE equipment & instrumentation.
• Serve as the technical interface for assigned systems between nuclear facility operations, principal investigators, project managers and programs. Interact with research personnel to establish experiment specific requirements for remote process instrumentation and quality assurance.
• Maintain "Technical Staff" qualification - MFC Nuclear Facility System Engineer, per DOE Order 420.1C.

Required:

• Level 3: Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, or a directly related engineering field from an ABET-accredited institution and 5 years experience. Master's and 2 years of experience. PhD and 2 years of experience.
• Level 4: Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, or a directly related engineering field from an ABET-accredited institution or other related field and 9 years of experience. Master's and 6 years of experience. PhD and 4 years of experience.
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DOE "L" clearance.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Advanced degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, or a directly related engineering field from an ABET-accredited institution.
• Experience in development testing, electro-mechanical design, fabrication support, mock-up qualification testing, installation support, and acceptance testing.
• Analytical thinking, technical proficiency, and attention to detail for the collection, interpretation, and reporting of data.
• Electromechanical system equipment and instrumentation; calibration, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and ability to read engineering drawings/blueprints.
• System Engineering/Process Engineering/Remote Engineering experience preferred but will train.
• DOE Nuclear Facilities Operations/Hot Cell experience preferred but will train.