Senior Material R&D Engineer, Metallurgy

What You Will Be Doing:

We are hiring a Senior Material and R&D Engineer to be the metallurgy subject matter expert. You will develop metals for e.g., high-field, high-strength magnetic coils in our machine’s compression section and hydrogen getter beds to support our fuel cycle. The Materials Engineering team is part of the Radiation Safety and Nuclear Science (RaSNS) team, and you will work with nuclear engineers to ensure that the materials will function in high radiation fields. You will report to our Director of Materials Engineering at our Everett, WA office.

You Will:

• Perform materials R&D to develop materials for e.g., high-strength magnetic coils and hydrogen getter beds. R&D efforts include purity and neutron-damage radiation considerations
• Determine and justify what R&D capabilities are in-house versus external; develop those in-house capabilities; and establish relationships with vendors of those external capabilities
• Coordinate with material test engineers to plan test campaigns to support R&D efforts
• Work with Mechanical Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Isotope Separation teams
• Learn about radiation effects on materials (neutron damage and activation) and incorporate radiological considerations into decisions based on the advisement of nuclear engineers on your team, nuclear engineers on parallel RaSNS teams, and the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated achievement of performing R&D for a metal used in a commercial product or necessary product to a large, singe-unit project (e.g., a large rocket project)
• 5 years of materials-related industry experience, including experience delivering projects cradle-to-grave (including design reviews) for a commercial product
• Experience leading and planning R&D efforts guided by a milestone schedule

Preferred Skills

• Experience with radiation effects testing and characterization

The pay range for this position is $135k-185k. This pay range may be inclusive of several career levels and will be narrowed based on several factors, including the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

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