Job Description:

ORGANIZATION: Reactor System Design and Analysis
Grade: 210
WORK LOCATION: Idaho Falls, ID (In Town, 9x80 Schedule)

Idaho National Lab will change the world s advanced nuclear technology future! Join us innovate the future!

The Reactor System Design and Analysis Division (RSD&A) establishes new standards of emerging, innovative reactor design through contributing technical expertise to unique and specific advanced nuclear reactor design and deployment initiatives. Through collaborative efforts, RSD&A enables research, design and implementation of lab, partner and vendor initiatives. The work of RSD&A is positioned to establish the nation as a global leader in nuclear reactor technology.

We are seeking a Nuclear Reactor Modeling and Simulation Researcher to apply their expertise in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermal-hydraulics (TH) both on the code development and analysis side.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

* Development, implementation, and testing of CFD and TH capabilities in INL's multiphysics object oriented simulation environment (MOOSE) or other software.

* Analysis of traditional and advanced nuclear reactors using MOOSE, RELAP-5, or other software.

* Multiphysics simulation of advanced nuclear systems.

* Development of novel ideas that advance the state of the art in CFD/TH models of advanced nuclear reactors.

* Publication of research that advances the state of the art of nuclear CFD/TH.

* PhD or MS and 1 year OR BS and 2 years experience in a technical field such as nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics or comparable.

* US Citizens or applicants with up to date visas and eligibility to work in the US will be considered for this position.

* Demonstrated oral and published written communication skills (in English)

* Knowledge of Fortran and at least an object-oriented language (i.e. C , python, etc.)

* Expertise in CFD and/or TH applied to nuclear systems.

* Experience in implementing production codes and knowledge of at least one major programming language

* Solid understanding of numerical methods for discretizing partial differential equations.

* Proficient in fluid mechanics, thermal-hydraulics, multi-physics simulations, and reactor engineering.

* Must be able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Preferable additional skills

* Knowledge of the MOOSE tools.

* Expertise in turbulence modeling.

* Expertise in reduced order modeling and data driven techniques.

* Proven track record of multiphysics simulations.

* Knowledge of any of the following softwares: OpenFOAM, RELAP-5, STAR-CCM , NEK-5000, Serpent.

* Expertise in C programming language.

* Expertise in git version control.

* Experience in RELAP5-3D analysis or development

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of INL to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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