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About the role
The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer supports Standard Nuclear’s fuel development and manufacturing programs by contributing to process development, fuel material fabrication, characterization, testing, and technical documentation. This role works across engineering, laboratory, and manufacturing environments to help develop reliable processes for advanced nuclear fuel production.
What they're looking for
- Support development and optimization of nuclear fuel fabrication processes
- Assist with planning and execution of experiments, process trials, and technical demonstrations
- Evaluate process parameters, operating conditions, and material behavior to improve repeatability and product consistency
- Support scale-up of fuel development activities from laboratory or pilot work into manufacturing workflows
- Help identify process limitations, sources of variation, and opportunities for yield or throughput improvement
- Support hands-on work involving nuclear fuel materials, metallic fuels, alloying, casting, thermal processing, and related fabrication steps
More about this role
Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.
The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer supports Standard Nuclear’s fuel development and manufacturing programs by contributing to process development, fuel material fabrication, characterization, testing, and technical documentation. This role works across engineering, laboratory, and manufacturing environments to help develop reliable processes for advanced nuclear fuel production.
This is a hands-on technical role suited for an early-career engineer with experience or strong interest in nuclear fuels, materials processing, metallurgy, metallic fuels, or fuel fabrication. The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer will support experimental planning, process execution, data analysis, and transition of development activities into repeatable manufacturing practices.
The role requires strong technical fundamentals, disciplined documentation, and the ability to work closely with fuel development, manufacturing, characterization, quality, EH&S, radiological controls, and...
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