Averro is a Veteran-Owned organization dedicated to delivering innovative talent solutions. They are seeking a Materials Engineer to develop material property correlations and advanced material performance models for sodium-cooled fast reactors, while also overseeing test programs and maintaining a material database.
Responsibilities:
- Compile datasets from literature for basic physical and mechanical properties, complex mechanical phenomena (e.g. creep, fatigue, creep-fatigue, stress corrosion cracking, and fracture), irradiation performance, corrosion, and tribology
- Perform Qualification of Existing Data per ASME NQA-1-2015
- Develop material property correlations and advanced material performance models as input to computer codes and methods to demonstrate the performance of reactor systems, structures, and components
- Plan, execute, and oversee test programs designed to address data gaps
- Perform quantitative and statistical analysis on test data and generate technical reports to document new knowledge related to reactor design and qualification
- Update and maintain a Python-based material database as well as associated design handbooks
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree
- A degree in Materials Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline is desired
- A solid understanding of metallurgy including fabrication and thermomechanical processing of ferrous (e.g., ferritic-martensitic steels) and nonferrous (e.g., nickel-base) alloys is required
- Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems
- The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
- A general understanding of the design of nuclear reactor and subsequent impacts on materials would be considered a plus