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Nuclear Engineer – Senior

Nuclear Engineer – Senior

CompanyBooz Allen
LocationMcLean, VA, USA
Salary$77600 – $176000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience conducting systems engineering or research developing and advancing physics-based models for atmospheric transport or nuclear weapon effects
  • Experience with engineering research, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments on nuclear capabilities
  • Experience with M&S tools, including Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC), Vulnerability Assessment Protection Options (VAPO), Integrated Munitions Effects Assessment (IMEA), Nuclear Effects, or Probability of Damage Calculator (PD-CALC)
  • Experience in nuclear science, nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear and radiation effects such as EMP or HANE
  • Experience with systems engineering approaches to nuclear weapon effects
  • Knowledge of nuclear engineering and sub-disciplines of thermo-hydraulics, seismic or earthquake, physics, computational science, and fission reactor engineering
  • Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
  • Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering or Physics
  • Certified Nuclear Professional Certification

Responsibilities

  • Provide nuclear weapon effects subject matter expertise to client research and development (R&D) modeling and simulation (M&S) programs
  • Apply nuclear weapon effects knowledge to support client nuclear technology effects, detection, and forensic research programs
  • Support various multi-INT teams conducting hard target deconstruction, preparing technical collection concepts, developing R&D requirements, and preparing technical collection research reports.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience as a principal investigator
  • Experience with DoD agencies
  • Experience with military operations, nuclear command, control, communications, survivability, and hard target defeat
  • Knowledge of systems engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
  • Ability to develop weapons control technology
  • Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics, or Nuclear Weapons Effects
  • Professional Engineer Certification