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EPRI · 15 hours ago

Nuclear Fuels Performance Technical Leader III

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$160K/yr - $175K/yr

EPRI is seeking a highly skilled technical expert in fuel reliability and performance, focusing on cladding corrosion and water chemistry interactions in LWR fuel. The role involves leading technical projects, developing R&D strategies, and presenting findings to stakeholders in the nuclear industry.

Electrical DistributionElectronicsNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and support technical projects aimed at solving complex fuel reliability and performance challenges in commercial LWRs

Develop and execute R&D strategies, including project concepts, scopes of work, laboratory task oversight, and review technical deliverables in collaboration with industry experts and stakeholders

Present project status and results to utility members, leadership teams, and other industry stakeholder groups. This requires strong communication, presentation, and consensus‑building skills

Facilitate and lead industry meetings, including large workshops, trainings, technical webcasts, and collaborative forums

Conduct domestic and international travel to support project execution, utility engagement, and technology transfer activities

Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision

Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required

Assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required

Maintains familiarity with the progress and problems in assigned technical areas and support identification of gaps

Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff

Provides input into configuration management and documentation for engineer related projects

Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks

Has established relationships with primary advisors to a research area

Works alongside EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International to support member/client needs

Effectively communicates complex strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors

Adjusts communication content and format to capture attention and meet the needs of the intended audience through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences

Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities across programs and sectors

May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met

Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget

Leads the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports

Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs

Manages medium level projects

Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work

Regularly interfacing and coordinating with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations)

Leads proposal efforts and new promotional work

Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply

Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff

Qualification

Fuel reliability expertiseCladding corrosion knowledgeLWR fuel designThermal hydraulicsHigh temperature water chemistryNuclear industry familiarityDestructive evaluation techniquesNon-destructive evaluation techniquesLaboratory testing experienceCommunication skillsProject managementMentorship

Required

Highly skilled technical expert in fuel reliability and performance, with a particular focus on cladding corrosion and water chemistry interactions in LWR fuel

Broad understanding of commercial light water reactor (LWR) fuel design, core design, thermal hydraulics, high temperature water chemistry, stainless steel and Inconel corrosion, and crud-induced fuel performance phenomena

Strong familiarity with the nuclear industry and its key stakeholders

Deep technical expertise in the behavior of nuclear fuel under LWR operating conditions, including crud and crud-induced corrosion mechanisms and modeling, fuel/chemistry interaction phenomena, fuel reliability and performance drivers, and mitigation approaches to fuel reliability/performance issues

Ability to develop R&D programs to solve technical challenges related to fuel reliability and performance issues in commercial LWRs

Lead and support technical projects aimed at solving complex fuel reliability and performance challenges in commercial LWRs

Develop and execute R&D strategies, including project concepts, scopes of work, laboratory task oversight, and review technical deliverables in collaboration with industry experts and stakeholders

Strong communication, presentation, and consensus-building skills

Facilitate and lead industry meetings, including large workshops, trainings, technical webcasts, and collaborative forums

Conduct domestic and international travel to support project execution, utility engagement, and technology transfer activities

Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision

Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists