Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Toronto

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

In Office: Hybrid, 2 - 3 days a week

Salary: $128,000 - $150,000

Vacancies: 1

Responsibilities:

Lead, plan, perform, document, review, and/or verify technical analyses related to fuel design, fuel thermalhydraulics, fuel operation and safety, ROP, and fuel cycles.

Interface with other related skills including deterministic safety analysis and physics.

Assist in the development of analysis basis plans, Design verification plan; design requirements, technical specifications, etc.

Develop design and analysis codes. Produce high quality reports effectively summarizing technical information.

Present results to internal and/or external stakeholders. Collate, assimilate, and summarize results from existing analyses.

Follow the relevant procedures, guidelines and standards governing the work being performed. Attend and participate in meetings at the office, remotely, or at client sites as needed.

Continually improve skills through instructor-led courses and/or on-the-job training.

Qualifications:

A Relevant honours degree from a university of recognized standing in Engineering or Science, minimum of eight years of relevant experience (experience obtained in advanced degree programs will be considered for applicability against this requirement);

Must be conversant with computer environments; proficiency in both Linux and WINDOWS environments is a strong asset, experience in licensing activities would also be an asset;

Broad knowledge of thermal-fluid sciences (mechanical, fluid flow, heat transfers, multi-phase flow and thermodynamics), familiarity and experience with some of the fuel design and safety computer codes such as ELESTRES, TUBRUPT, NUCIRC, CATHENA and ANSYS, proficiency in computer programming, especially FORTRAN, is desirable;

Good knowledge of the CANDU design, with particular emphasis on the fuel design and operation, heat transport system and plant control, containment and moderator systems would be an asset and underlying engineering principles and practices, excellent oral and written communication skills are required;

Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible, i.e., must be able to perform varied work assignments effectively and respond quickly to changing project needs, to show initiative while working in a team environment, to work to budget and schedule;

Must be willing to travel occasionally to participate in meetings and workshops, full commitment to working in a formal QA environment.