Job Description
Interested in making an impact on clean energy initiatives? Grow your career at Framatome!
Framatome is a major global leader in the nuclear energy market recognized for its innovative solutions and value-added technologies for designing, building, maintaining, and advancing the international nuclear fleet. Offering a full range of reactor services requires an unparalleled passion and sense of purpose connected to our company’s mission and vision.
Essential to Framatome’s mission are our employees who provide a unique set of skills, knowledge, and experience that support us in providing competitive, reliable, and safe nuclear power plants. Our commitment to our employees is recognized through our competitive total rewards package. Enjoy competitive compensation, generous benefits and take part in innovative projects and development opportunities.
The Framatome Fuel Design group is currently seeking a PWR Fuel Design Engineer at our Lynchburg, Virginia location. This is an engineering position on the PWR Fuel Mechanical Product Development Team, which maintains the bill of materials and associated technical design definition documents for PWR Fuel, manages design changes with competence of design bases, interfaces with and supports external suppliers, manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines, and performs basic mechanical design analyses.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
This role will involve design ownership of one or several fuel designs and or sub-components and will include:
- Develop product technical definition documents such as specifications & drawings for nuclear fuel components
- Perform design changes with strict adherence to design control procedures
- Creation of Parts List/Bill of Materials for product manufacturing, and management of component usability status
- Develop solid models and draft technical design drawings using 3D drafting software Creo (Pro-E)
- Interface with company-owned and external suppliers to develop a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and qualifications
- Assess and process component non-conformances
- Interface with different company locations/personnel, customer contacts, and licensing entities
- Maintain competence of the design basis of components
- Perform mechanical interface evaluation and design analysis for fuel entry into operating fleet
- Develop technical evaluations to fulfill compliance to design requirements
- Other similar activities or special projects as assigned by management
Why Framatome?
Framatome Inc. has been serving the U.S. nuclear energy industry since the 1950’s and has approximately 2,300 employees working from locations across North America! In the Fuel Design team, it is our passion and commitment to design and deliver the most competitive, safe, and reliable fuel solutions for the worldwide nuclear industry. We are responsible for the design and implementation of fuel assembly designs (including our robust HTP fuel, and our newest products ATRIUM-11 and GAIA), development and implementation of advanced codes and methods, and development of accident tolerant fuel and advanced fuel management products.
Travel: Occasional/sporadic
Required Experience
All candidates must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered for this opportunity:
- BS in Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Technology plus 0 -2 years of engineering experience. In applicable states a PE license will be accepted in lieu of a 4 year engineering degree
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- Please attach a copy of your unofficial academic transcript as part of your application. Transcripts can be added in the Profile Attachments section (Step 5) of the online application.
- Strong technical problem-solving abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
The following may be used to differentiate candidates who apply for this position:
- Previous internship/co-op experience in field of study
- Technical drawings & product specifications
- Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), ASME Y14.5 and ISO 1101 background
- CAD operating systems, e.g. Creo (Pro-E), CATIA, Solidworks, etc.
- Design development, design change, design compatibility, and design evaluation
- Bills of Material/Parts List
- Raw Material/Component manufacturing and qualification processes
- Design requirements & compliance evaluations
- Commercial Grade Dedication
- French/German language skills
- Engineering experience in the nuclear industry and familiarity with required engineering quality and controls in this industry
- Positive and effective team interaction skills, along with a positive peer relationship skills
- Leadership skills and initiative in meeting customer requirements
- Excellent communication skills (oral / presentation / written), and the ability to effectively communicate and coordinate activities among the diverse groups within the company and with customers
Our total rewards package
The range of base salary for the position is between $61,000 – $79,000, and may also include annual incentives, performance bonuses and benefits. Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.
Framatome offers a broad employee benefits portfolio as a key component of your total rewards. This includes:
Multiple medical plans; dental and vision plans; Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment; long- and short-term disability; optional plans including dependent life, accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance; retirement savings plans (401k) with employer match; paid time off including up to 3 weeks of vacation, 8 days of sick leave, and 11 paid holidays; education reimbursement; adoption assistance; employee assistance programs; opportunities for professional development.
This opportunity is in Lynchburg, Virginia
After work you will enjoy all that Central Virginia has to offer. From beautiful Smith Mountain Lake to the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains you can hike, mountain bike, snowboard and water ski to your hearts content. You’ll avoid the traffic hassles of a major city, while being in driving distance to many of the major cities, beaches and attractions along the mid-Atlantic coast. Take in a minor league baseball game or one of the many festivals in the region. Our Young Generation Nuclear group hosts numerous social and professional development events that will allow you to quickly build relationships and advance your career.
Framatome is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.