Core Thermal-Hydraulics Engineer
| Company | Oklo |
|---|---|
| Location | Remote in USA, Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Salary | $73000 – $157000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in a technical field, such as nuclear, mechanical, or aerospace engineering
- Proficiency with thermal-hydraulics (thermal fluids) analysis methods
- Core competencies in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics first principles
- Experience with intermediate-fidelity (e.g., porous body and correlation-based) models for heat transfer and fluid flow
- Experience with numerical methods for heat transfer and fluid flow problems
- Experience with data processing (e.g., pre-processing, post-processing, scripting)
Responsibilities
- Modeling core thermal-hydraulic behavior using one-dimensional systems codes such as SAS4A/SASSYS-1 or SAM and subchannel codes such as DASSH, or MOOSE-Subchannel
- Developing methods to analyze core thermal-hydraulic behavior at steady-state and during transients
- Developing and utilizing analysis methods that efficiently and effectively build confidence in a design
- Automation, verification, and validation of modeling and simulation tools in support of analyses
- Collaborating cross-functionally to define design requirements, and providing technical feedback to quick-iterating design teams
- Document work using modern tools and techniques, and write well-written, thoughtful technical reports
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluency with Python
- Experience with CI/CD computing environments
- Experience with reactor systems codes, such as SAS4A/SASSYS-1, SAM, RELAP, TRACE, or GOTHIC
- Experience with qualification and validation of analyses
- Experience with subchannel analysis codes, such as DASSH, MOOSE-Subchannel, COBRA-TF, or similar
- Experience with high-fidelity fluid dynamics analysis