Fuel Mechanical Analysis Engineer
Framatome
- Lynchburg, VA
- $72,000-96,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Demonstrated aptitude with modern programming languages
- Excellent organizational, time management and project management skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to work well with others in a team environment, and achieve desired results through Project Technical Leader assignments.
- Ability to plan, direct, complete highly complex tasks within schedule and budget constraints
- Excellent written/verbal communication and personal interactive skills
- Knowledge of mechanical design and analysis principals and application of those principles in design and analysis.
- Strong background in mechanics of materials, solid mechanics, vibration (particularly flow-induced vibration and fretting wear), dynamics systems and finite element analysis.
- Experience with finite element analysis (e.g., ANSYS) to solve both linear and non-linear problems (static and dynamic).
- Ability to quickly become familiar with and have a positive attitude in following required department procedures, processes, and application, while maintaining priority on production / quality / customer satisfaction.
- Independently makes logical and technically defensible decisions and recommendations involving new, unusual and complex design challenges requiring a depth and breadth of knowledge, skills and experience.
- Knowledge of fluid-structure interaction, statistics, or fracture mechanics.
- French/German language skills
- Perform various mechanical analysis tasks in support of Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fuel designs and related components.
- Particular areas of work may include: static structural analyses, dynamic analyses for seismic and accident conditions, flow-induced vibration (FIV) and fretting wear assessments, and contribution in various R&D tasks associated with mechanical modelling.
- Ensuring high quality products are delivered to customers on-time.
- Performing mechanical and structural analysis of fuel assemblies and components, using engineering theory, analytical tools and testing to evaluate fuel assembly behavior under various conditions
- Developing methods and computer codes necessary to support the development and validation of fuel mechanical performance
- Perform and document calculations to support fuel licensing and development activities.
- Establish mechanical test requirements and evaluate test data.
- Develop and benchmark fuel assembly models with test data and perform seismic/LOCA (dynamic) or normal operating analyses.
- Provide mechanical support for structural design and manufacturing issues.
- Under minimum immediate supervision, perform engineering tasks having varied levels of complexity