Stress Analysis Engineer

Job Description

Position Title: Core Component Stress Analysis Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting *REMOTE* contract Core Component Stress Analysis Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform stress analysis for reactor Core Assemblies using FEA and hand calculations.
• Present analysis results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Interface with the Core Component Design team’s engineering design activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary Engineering and Project Teams on requirements and inputs.
• 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.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

• Education: B.S. degree in Mechanical engineering or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of ten years of structural analysis experience; relevant M.S. and Doctorate degrees may be credited for up to two and four years of experience, respectively.
• Experience in using FEA to perform nonlinear analyses with emphasis on ANSYS or ABAQUS.
• Experience with first-principles calculations and use of references for closed form approximations (Shigley’s, Roark’s, etc.).
• Experience in scripting languages such as APDL or Python.
• Familiarity with standalone CAD packages, SolidWorks preferred.
• Working experience with design codes such as the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) Section III, Division I, Section III, Division V, Section VIII, Division II, and API 579-1/ASME FFS-1.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills, creative thinker.
• Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently during a given work week.
  
  
  

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Experienced with the rules of ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code Section III, Division 5.
• Experienced with ANSYS in combination with APDL.
• Experienced with ABAQUS.
• Experience using nonlinear material models, contact pairing, Elastic Perfectly Plastic (EPP) analysis, fatigue analysis, creep analysis, creep-fatigue analysis, brittle fracture analysis, and buckling analysis.
• Experienced with hand calculations.
• Previous experience in the nuclear industry, with an emphasis on core assemblies.
• Familiar with radiation effects on austenitic and martensitic stainless steel alloys.
• Excellent calculation report writing and verification skills.
• Follows and embodies the Company Guiding Principles.
  
  
  

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate Range: $65-95/hr.
• Location: 100% Remote Acceptable.
• Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status
  
  
  

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.