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TerraPower MCFR Thermal Mechanical Engineer in Bellevue, Washington
TITLE: MCFR Thermal Mechanical Engineer LOCATION: Hybrid/Bellevue TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. MCFR Thermal Mechanical Engineer The MCFR Delta Program is an active, multi-national, multi-entity team endeavor to progress the design of an MCFR Demonstration reactor. The successful candidate for this position will work with the MCFR Delta Team to analyze innovative as well as standard heat exchanger designs, including thermal, hydraulic and mechanical analyses for several working fluids, including molten salt, liquid metal and gas (carbon dioxide). Heat transfer performance metrics will be assessed; associated knowledge of requisite dimensionless parameters and key correlations will be applied to varied equipment. Responsibilities: * Prepare heat exchangers specifications, data sheets, and technical bids summaries. * Review heat exchanger vendor drawings; data interface with suppliers, clients, other engineering disciplines, and designers. * Lead the development options for the Primary Heat Exchanger (PHX). This includes design and development of technical requirements for in-house designs using our HTRI software. * Prepare and present and document findings on each alternative heat exchanger design. * Work with other lead engineers on physical and fluid interface requirements and design. * Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes into the design of plant systems, e.g. ASME, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, and NFPA. * Analyze and allocate regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical and process system design. * Support planning efforts and maintain schedule adherence for design activities within a system, as well as their integration with an overall plant design delivery schedule. * Analyze and allocate regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical and process systems design. * Interface with design disciplines (such as Mechanical, I&C, Civil, and Nuclear) to identify and develop plant design information and specify system design and performance criteria. * Support design reviews as plant system and subsystem designs are established and refined. Key Qualifications and Skills * B.S. in Mechanical, Chemical or related discipline from an accredited university and 15+ years of direct experience. * Experience applying ASME section III, division 1 and 5 Code to the design of shell and tube, plate and frame, helical coil heat exchangers. * Experience with the application of TEMA standards on heat exchangers that are on the