Mechanical Engineer

Omega Technical Services supports mission-critical Department of Energy and Department of Defense projects, including advanced nuclear reactor development. The Mechanical Engineer will design, evaluate, document, and verify mechanical systems and components for a novel advanced reactor while ensuring compliance with engineering requirements, codes, standards, and safety bases. The role also supports fabrication, testing, configuration management, and reactor operations and experimentation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers supporting the design of a novel advanced reactor
• Design and evaluate mechanical systems associated with advanced reactor structures, systems, and components
• Support the successful completion, implementation, and verification of engineering projects
• Design reactor vessels in accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, including high-temperature creep and fatigue considerations
• Design and evaluate high-temperature gaskets, seals, bolting, and related mechanical components
• Design and document electromechanical devices, including control rod and control drum drive mechanisms
• Prepare and maintain controlled engineering models, drawings, specifications, calculations, and design descriptions
• Verify that designs conform to established requirements and applicable codes and standards
• Translate project objectives into defined and controlled design requirements using a systems-engineering approach
• Apply digital engineering tools to track design requirements, interfaces, and technical parameters
• Use recognized engineering methodologies, technologies, and best practices to develop designs and verify that they satisfy defined requirements
• Establish testing, inspection, and quality requirements to ensure that technical features important to system functions are maintained
• Oversee or otherwise verify that fabrication, construction, assembly, and procurement activities are completed in accordance with approved designs
• Ensure designs satisfy technical baseline requirements and applicable codes, standards, and regulations
• Develop, evaluate, and maintain the technical baseline and configuration management for assigned systems
• Ensure consistency among applicable engineering and operational documents, including drawings, technical manuals, operating instructions, and emergency operating procedures
• Work with designers, customers, engineers, and analysts to establish experiment requirements and develop conceptual and final designs
• Support fabrication, inspection, experiment assembly, installation, and testing activities
• Support the development of integrated engineering analyses to demonstrate compliance with applicable facility safety bases
• Perform design, fabrication, and related engineering activities supporting reactor operations and experimentation
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Lead Reactor Project Engineer or Engineering Manager

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a directly related field from an ABET-accredited program, plus at least eight years of relevant professional experience; or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a directly related field from an ABET-accredited program, plus at least six years of relevant professional experience
• Knowledge of mechanical system design and evaluation
• Knowledge of the ASME B31 series and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
• Knowledge of engineering design techniques, tools, and principles used to produce technical plans, drawings, blueprints, models, specifications, and calculations
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering principles involving heat transfer, fluid flow, gas flow, material behavior, and system dynamics
• Knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment used to design and produce mechanical systems and components
• Ability to apply established engineering principles and requirements to complex technical problems
• Ability to analyze information from multiple sources and develop technically sound conclusions
• Ability to recognize existing or potential design, fabrication, and operational problems
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly through written documentation and verbal presentations
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and technical documentation
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities while meeting project schedules and quality requirements
• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Security Clearance
• Must be available to travel to the Materials and Fuels Complex as required
• Experience designing nuclear reactor systems, vessels, or related mechanical components
• Experience applying the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code to reactor vessel design
• Experience evaluating high-temperature creep and fatigue
• Experience designing high-temperature gaskets, seals, bolting, or similar mechanical components
• Experience designing electromechanical devices such as control rod or control drum drive mechanisms
• Experience applying systems-engineering principles and digital engineering tools
• Experience with engineering configuration management and technical baseline control
• Experience supporting fabrication, assembly, installation, inspection, and testing activities
• Experience supporting advanced reactor operations or experimentation
• Previous DOE/NNSA work experience
• Possession of an active DOE/DoD clearance within the past two (2) years is preferred