Materials Testing Engineer - Welding & Mechanical Testing

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 take action 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.

Materials Testing Engineer - Welding & Mechanical Testing

Terra Power, LLC is seeking a highly motivated Materials Testing Engineer to support the engineering efforts of the Materials Testing & Characterization team. This role will work as part of a high functioning team of engineers focused on development and testing for next generation material and components for sodium cooled fast reactors. You will be responsible for welding and mechanical testing supporting the performance requirements of the Natrium Reactor in a laboratory environment located in Everett, WA.

Responsibilities:

• Install, operate, and manage in-lab welding equipment

• Design, install, and operate mechanical testing equipment to qualify welds
• Oversee and develop welding and mechanical properties test programs for understanding material performance and degradation
• Develop and maintain test designs, plans, specifications, and procedures for testing and qualifying welds
• Interface with various project teams to ensure materials development and testing efforts meet programmatic objectives
• Conduct testing and material characterization in a laboratory environment
• Maintain test program schedule and ensure timely delivery of test results
• Provide materials engineering support for the procurement of engineered components and systems
• External procurements of materials and equipment, including authoring statements of work and managing supplier performance to plan
• Perform scientific analysis on test data and generate technical reports to document new knowledge related to materials performance and behavior, reactor design, and materials qualification
• Engage with design, fabrication, and operation of custom laboratory experiments

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 6 years of related experience or a Master's degree and 3 years of related experience. A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Welding Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required
• Prior experience in materials testing and characterization for nuclear research or industry applications is required
• Proficiency in experimental techniques for materials testing, characterization, and analysis is required
• Proficiency in conducting mechanical testing is required
• Experience with experimental techniques for materials characterization and analysis, including SEM-EDS is required

• Demonstrated hands-on laboratory experience is required
• Proficiency in writing and producing…