Intermediate Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer

Title: Intermediate Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States

Job Type: Full-time

Terra Power 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, Terra Power 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 act and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power'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.

Terra Power 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.

Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Terra Power has instituted an affirmative action plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

The Intermediate Heat Transport Lead Engineer reports to the Primary Heat Transport Manager and is focused on the design of the Intermediate Heat Exchanger. In this role, you will act as the design lead for the Intermediate Heat Exchanger, as well as contribute to the design of the primary heat transport system. The successful candidate is one who takes ownership of the development of the IHX, by developing a deep knowledge of the technical and project aspects of the component.

The Intermediate Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer will work as part of a high-performing team of engineers.

• Develop and manage technical requirements for the Intermediate Heat Exchanger. This responsibility will include preparing or reviewing the Intermediate Heat Exchanger Design Specification and ensuring the correct application of ASME code rules to the design and fabrication of the component.
• Support the intermediate heat exchanger design by performing thermal hydraulic or mechanical analyses using hand calculation or software-based methods to support the design.
• Perform technical vendor oversight of intermediate heat exchanger designer.
• Review and perform owners' acceptance of intermediate heat exchanger vendor deliverables.
• Lead design reviews for Intermediate Heat Exchanger.
• Develop testing requirements, test specifications, and provide technical oversight for testing related to the Intermediate Heat Exchanger.
• Work with other lead engineers on physical and fluid interface requirements and design.
• In addition to the role as Intermediate Heat Exchanger Lead Engineer, this engineer will support the primary heat transport system design by:
• Contributing to the design of nuclear and industrial process systems and sub-systems from requirements through final design.
• Coordinating with other teams regarding the results of analyses, such as thermal, seismic, structural, pipe stress, heat transfer, and other analyses performed by others and integrate the results into plant design and operational decisions.
• Identify and ensure effective application of correct design codes into the design of plant systems such as ASME, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA, etc.
• Analyze and allocate regulatory criteria and standards to complex mechanical and process system design.
• Support planning efforts and maintain schedule adherence for design activities within a system, as well as their integration with an overall plant design delivery schedule.
• Interface with the design team to create and manage drawing packages of system designs, including but not limited to Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), 3D models, and system interface drawings.
• Interface with design disciplines (such as mechanical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and nuclear) to identify and develop plant design information and specify system design and performance criteria.
• Provide technical direction and oversight of supplier projects, working with the contract administrator to ensure…