Senior Radiation Shielding Engineer

The role

You will be the responsible engineer for characterizing radiation sources and designing radiation shielding for reactor operation, shutdown, transportation, storage, and disposition. You will work as part of the reactor and site design team to meet customer requirements for various deployment scenarios.

What you will do

• Ownership of radiation shielding design and analysis
• Development of trade studies of materials choices
• Development of neutronics simulations to characterize radiation sources
• Optimization of radiation shielding for deployment and post-operation transportation
• Engagement in regulatory requirement compliance strategies and application to licensing pathways
• Ensuring utilized tools and analyses are established and maintained in compliance with Antares quality assurance program

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nuclear or mechanical engineering, physics, material science, or related field
• 4+ years experience with radiation shielding analysis and design
• Proficiency in modern radiation shielding analysis tools, such as MCNP/ADVANTG, SCALE/MAVRIC, or similar Monte Carlo variance reduction tools
• Ability to navigate regulatory requirements, shielding design features, analysis tools and manufacturing methods
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones

Nice to have

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Enthusiasm for problem solving
• Desire to modernize nuclear design and operation
• Master's degree or PhD in nuclear engineering
• Demonstrated track record of high impact in the achievement of team goals
• Strong project management skills
• Effective communication of technical concepts across multi-disciplinary teams
• Broad knowledge of nuclear interactions with material selections, especially for radiation shielding applications
• Working knowledge of a programming language, preferably Python

About the company

Antares is building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space use. The team includes members from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy, and various national laboratories.