Senior Weld Engineer

Senior Weld Engineer

Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Weld Engineer opportunity.

• Develop and qualify welding techniques for nuclear reactor core internals for the fast reactor.
• Weld process development and qualification for ferritic-martensitic steels and austenitic stainless steels using multiple technologies (resistance pressure welding, TIG, laser, etc.).
• Generate appropriate specifications and procedures for the weld process, and review engineering documentation to ensure appropriate callouts.
• Lead technical development of suppliers to increase technology readiness levels of key materials and components for the core of the reactor.
• Oversee the operation of weld equipment to generate test coupons to support process qualification and test programs to develop performance models.
• Develop appropriate destructive and nondestructive inspection criteria for weld certification.
• Use fundamental materials engineering principles to develop basic models of material performance and validate using laboratory testing.
• Develop test requirements, plans, specifications and procedures for testing.
• Oversee test programs for qualification of welds such as mechanical properties, burst testing, thermal creep, creep-fatigue, neutron irradiation, thermal aging, and sodium exposure.
• Perform scientific analysis on test data and generate technical reports to document new knowledge related to reactor design and qualification.
• Interface with various project teams to ensure materials development and testing efforts meet programmatic objectives for a wide range of company initiatives including the reactor.
• Assist with supplier audits per ASME NQA-1-2015.

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree. A degree in Materials Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline is desired.
• A solid understanding of metallurgy including fabrication and thermomechanical processing of ferrous (e.g., ferritic-martensitic steels) and nonferrous (e.g., nickel-base) alloys is required.
• Demonstrated skills in developing requirements specifications, defining supplier technical work scope to include development of SOWs, RFPs and providing technical direction and oversight of supplier projects.
• Experience working in stringent quality systems (e.g., NQA-1, ISO-9001, AS9100) preferred.
• A general understanding of the design of nuclear reactor and subsequent impacts on materials would be considered a plus.
• Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems.
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications.
• Travel Required:
  
  5%.

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate Range: $56-$95/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience)
• Location:
  
  Bellevue, WA
• Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status

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.