Fuel Performance Engineer
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Level
Mid-Level
Department
Energy
Type
Salary
$120,000 - $165,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-02-05
Responsibilities
- Analyze current and novel fuel design performance across operating conditions.
- Develop methodologies for effective design confidence building.
- Verify and validate modeling and simulation tools.
- Support experimental fuel campaigns.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design teams.
- Document analyses and write technical reports.
- Adapt to evolving challenges in a dynamic team environment.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering with 3 years of experience.
- Experience in multi-physics system performance analyses.
- Proficiency in finite element simulation software (e.g., Ansys, Abaqus).
- Familiarity with material analysis.
- Knowledge of object-oriented programming (e.g., Python, C++).
- Bonus: Experience in nuclear fuel performance analysis.
- Excellent communication skills and detail-oriented.
