Thermal Analysis Manager

Job Description

This position is responsible for managing the group of engineers responsible for performing a subdiscipline of mechanical engineering across all projects and programs. This includes directing the work of individual contributors on the team, at the discretion of projects which they are supporting, providing organizational support for the project team, and assisting with the design, analysis and drafting of systems, structures, and components for various advanced reactor plants.

• Manages the execution of the mechanical design, analysis, and evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Manages the utilization of engineering resources across multiple projects and ensures qualified engineers are performing assigned work.
• Adjudicates technical differences within their area of responsibility to determine best option, while fostering a healthy engineering dialogue.
• Lead design cycle sprints and provide direction to ensure the convergence of efforts of engineering team members, partners, and suppliers to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality engineering work products are on schedule and within budget as defined by the Project leadership.
• Manages staff by ensuring they are meeting expectations and promoting their professional development.
• Influences the development of strategy, methodology and technical tools for the area of responsibility, including control of resources, policy formulation, and ways in which technical work is executed.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, tools, or services.
• Uses high level of judgement to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operations, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering.
• Act in advisory capacity to define scope and level of effort estimates for areas where their resources would be supporting.
• Work within a multidisciplinary engineering team to create the next generation nuclear power plants.
• Perform work in accordance with design control procedures, ensuring thorough documentation of work, facilitation of internal and external design reviews, and control of product design configuration data.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Typically, ten years of engineering experience.
• Graduate degrees typically count as two plus years of experience.
• Use of 1D flow-solvers performing heat/energy and mass balance (e.g., RELAP, Flownex, NPSS, SINDA/FLUINT, ASPEN Plus, Flomaster, or similar).

• 5+ years of dedicated thermal-hydraulic or thermodynamic systems analysis experience within the nuclear industry.
• Supervisory experience: perform yearly performance reviews, guide career development, and provide coaching and conflict resolution.
• Execute project schedule – ensure team delivers technical tasks on-time while maintaining quality.
• Plant-Level Steady-state Analysis: oversee/perform thermodynamic assessment of primary and secondary systems to define cycle efficiency and mass and energy balance.
• Plant-Level Transient Analysis:
  Oversee/ Evaluate system behavior during normal operational cycles and off-normal accident scenarios.
• Deep understanding of single and two-phase flow fluid mechanics, heat transfer phenomena, and plant dynamics.

9801 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD

4 days in office

up to 10% as needed

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