Nuclear Engineer, Diagnostics
Helion
- Everett, WA
- $110,000-175,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design, construct, calibrate, and operate neutron, photon, and charged particle diagnostics. Detector types include organic scintillators, inorganic scintillators, ion chambers, and activation foils
- Develop MATLAB or Python scripts to process detector output; prepare plots and analyses to present internally to the RaSNS, Research, and Test Operations team and externally at technical conferences
- Perform uncertainty quantification and error propagation
- Use ancillary skills to enhance detector development, e.g., Monte Carlo simulations or circuit/electrical design
- An advanced understanding of nuclear physics, including neutron interactions, photon interactions, cross sections, attenuation, radioactive decay, and other types of radiation
- 4+ years of experience constructing, operating, and analyzing the same detector. Demonstrated experience with electronic read-out design and coupling scintillators to read-out electronics, digitizers, high-voltage supplies, and DAQ
- 4+ years of experience analyzing data, including the analysis of raw pulses (e.g., pile-up rejection and pulse shape discrimination), and uncertainty quantification and propagation
- 4+ years of experience documenting detector design, operation, and analysis scripts
- Ability to obtain a license for MCNP6 and experience using the software
- Experience working in pulsed electromagnetic fields or handling large EMI noise