Principal Fluid Systems Engineer

Principal Fluid Systems Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace. As a Principal Fluid Systems Engineer you will be responsible for the design development and maintenance of various fluid systems within the nuclear power plant.

You will be involved in major projects, whether for operating plant uprates or for the development of our advanced reactors. A Fluid Systems engineer is the owner of the system requirements, and creates and updates the system specification. The engineer is also responsible for the design, owning the creation and the maintenance of the system P&, as well as overseeing the detailed piping design.

A Fluid Systems engineer will perform the thermal-hydraulic and piping networks engineering design and analysis tasks. You will report to the Engineering Manager of Nuclear Process & Power Conversion Systems. This position is hybrid, requiring 2 days/week on-site at the Westinghouse Global Headquarters facility in Cranberry Township, PA in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. Relocation is not provided for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop pump, valve, heat exchanger, HVAC, or other equipment sizing requirements for plant design or modifications.
• Perform steady-state and dynamic fluid network analyses.
• Identify problems and propose solutions to projects and tasks that are assigned
• Provide mentoring and guidance to engineering personnel in various design and analysis efforts
• Lead small teams (3-5 people) on projects
• Communicate nature and status of work performed to appropriate technical lead and management
• Collaborate with construction, I&C, electrical, and operations project teams with internal and/or external representation
• Participate in customer, vendor, and regulator meetings to present technical materials and justification of services and product designs
• Perform work within established scope, budgetary and schedule requirements
• Identify opportunities for improvement within the group and department, and lead the efforts necessary to implement the determined changes

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering:
  Mechanical, Chemical, or Nuclear
• Minimum 8 years of applicable experience
• Experience with Math Cad, MATLAB, or VBA
• Familiarity with testing and testing analysis
• Ability to travel
• Beneficial:
  Experience with ASME or API standards
• Experience with design change control or requirements management
• Engineer in Training Certification or Professional Engineer License

We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $103,200 to $129,000 per year.