Materials Engineer

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