Senior Nuclear Design Engineer

At Westinghouse Electric Company, we are pioneers in nuclear technology and our technology is the basis for nearly half of the world's commercial nuclear power plants in operation. Today, we are also building several new reactors that contribute to more fossil-free energy. Globally, we have over 10,000 employees in 19 countries, of which 1,000 are at our Swedish workplaces in Västerås and Täby. Our Swedish operations were founded in 1969 and supply nuclear fuel as well as products and services in automation, maintenance, testing and decommissioning for customers around the world. Read more about us www.westinghousenuclear.com.

Senior Nuclear Design Engineer

Are you analytic and have an eye for details with experience in nuclear design? Are you interested in working with advanced technology, together with a creative team? Do you also want to contribute to a better climate and a future filled with clean energy?

Welcome to the PWR & VVER Core Design team. We have the core design responsibility for PWR and VVER reactors. Our work provides a critical contribution to the operations and business of nuclear power plants around the world.

Our team of 15 nuclear design engineers within the EMEA Fuel Engineering department brings a broad range of expertise—from our main focus on core design for PWR and VVER reactors to project coordination, criticality calculations, and software validation.

Your contribution to a carbon-free future

As a Senior Nuclear Design Engineer, your main responsibility is to lead and support the development of nuclear fuel designs for manufacturing, and to simulate the performance of reactor cores operating with our fuels. This is done to ensure that all safety margins are met while fully utilizing the fuel's capacity. Among other things, this means that you will:

• Lead and contribute to the optimization of fuel utilization and assurance that the safety and regulatory requirements are fulfilled.

• Collaborate with engineers in criticality analyses, thermal hydraulics, fuel rod design, mechanical design and safety analyses.

• Participate in methods and software development.

• Document analyses in reports.

• Mentor junior engineers and coordinate design activities with diverse teams.

• Validation and quality assurance of the core simulator codes and tools that we use and develop internally.

• Take lead in customer interactions and project planning

Examples of customer projects that you can be involved in as a nuclear design engineer are cycle-specific safety analyses, development of the nuclear design for manufacturing, review of core loading plans and patterns developed by the customer, licensing of fuel and business quotes.

You will be positioned in Västerås, Sweden, with a hybrid work schedule.

We are looking for you

To be a good match for this role, we believe that you have a good sense of accuracy, accountability and safety. You are good at communication and enjoy working in a dedicated and transparent team. You have experience working in a role where safety is of high importance. You have been working in different types of projects and works smoothly with customers and colleagues.

As documentation of analysis results is an essential part of the work we believe that you have a talent for writing reports. We hope you are motivated by learning more about the nuclear industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in nuclear design

• Experience as Lead Nuclear Designer for PWR plants

• Master or Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering, energy systems engineering, engineering physics or equivalent education.

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

• Experience writing reports

Meritorious

• Westinghouse ND03 qualification

• Experience with software testing and validation in a nuclear context

• Experience from nuclear design in a commercial or regulatory environment

• Good knowledge in Swedish

• Experience in the field of analysis

• Experience from the nuclear industry

We look forward to meeting you!

Welcome with your application including CV, cover letter and degree certificate. We interview candidates on a continuous basis, so please send in your application as soon as possible. Security clearance is carried out as part of the recruitment process.

You will report to Alan Arsen. For more information about the role, please contact the hiring manager Alan at Alan.Arsen@westinghouse.com. Please note that all applications need to be sent into our system and will not be taken into consideration over email.

Union agreement

This role belongs to the union agreement Teknikavtalet.

Union representatives

Akademikerförening på Westinghouse (AFW): Anna Lundgren +46 21 347825 , AFW@westinghouse.com

Unionen: Maria Gunnarsson, +46 21 347 595, gunnarmm@westinghouse.com

IF Metall: Zlatko Grbic, +46 732 367 035, grbicz@westinghouse.com

We offer: 

At Westinghouse, we offer an inspiring work environment in a high-tech industry. You will be a part of a network of global experts from several different areas and we offer great opportunities for competence development and career growth, both in Sweden and abroad.    As a member of our team, you will work together with engaged colleagues and be a part of an environment that is both challenging and supportive. Many of our positions are based in activity-based environments which enables a flexible workplace. 

At Westinghouse, we have a strong safety culture. 

Westinghouse is an employer that treats everyone equally.

Some of the benefits employees in the Sweden can expect:

• Wellness Allowance
• Flexible pay opportunities via our Benefit portal
• Work hour reduction (ATF) and occupational pension (ITP)
• ASB Insurance: compensation for the cost of health care, dental care hearing aids, glasses and more
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• Employee Referral Program: potential for employees to earn a monetary award for referring other qualified candidates to Westinghouse 

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