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TerraPower Natrium Test Engineer in Everett, Washington
TITLE: Test Engineer LOCATION: Everett, WA TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Test Engineer The Test and Engineering Discipline within TerraPower, LLC. Is seeking a highly motivated Test Engineer on a full-time basis. In this role, you will perform testing activities to support the Natrium demonstration reactor, including responsibility for documenting test procedures and reports, as well as participate in test activities, process and parse test data, and contribute to project tracking and management. This effort will support the Natrium program, and integrated energy system data will be used to support licensing of a demonstration reactor. Your role will include interfacing with a team of scientists, engineers, and technicians both internal and external to TerraPower. You will work with Natrium engineers to develop test procedures for high-temperature flowing loop experiments, and act as a support operator for those experiments. Additionally, you will provide technical support processing and visualizing experimental data for senior engineers. Candidates should have extensive experience in all aspects of hands-on laboratory experimentation including writing procedures and reports, data processing with open-source software packages, and safe operation of specialized equipment. Responsibilities: Support senior engineers in creating test documentation, procedures, and reports Contribute data processing and analysis to test report and documentation Provide data processing support of experimental data Able to follow complex sets of directions provided by the lead engineers regarding the operation of the IES loops Run hardware and software verification and validation procedures on pilot-scale systems Able to familiarize self with operation of flowing loop systems from existing procedures and P&IDs Able to troubleshoot and improve existing LabView software architecture Experience using analog and digital sensors common in industrial systems Support continuous learning and application of nuclear industry best practices to maintain the highest quality of engineering design and proactively identify process change/enhancement opportunities Integrate test results with work of other engineers in support of the Natrium demonstration plant Partner effectively with internal partners such as Procurement, Central Engineering, and other resources to meet project objectives. Key Qualifications and Skills B.S. degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear or Materials Science Engineering or equivalent; advanced degre