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Standard Nuclear is fueling America's nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer supports the company's fuel development and manufacturing programs by providing engineering and design support for current and upcoming fuel and fuel-related manufacturing projects.
This is a hands-on technical role suited for an engineer with experience or strong interest in fuel development, advanced manufacturing, materials processing, mechanical design, process development, fabrication support, or characterization. The engineer will support project execution from concept development through design, fabrication, testing, troubleshooting, and manufacturing readiness.
Key responsibilities include:
**Fuel Development & Engineering Support**
- Support engineering activities for advanced nuclear fuel development and fuel-related manufacturing projects
- Develop and refine equipment concepts, tooling, fixtures, fabrication methods, and process support systems
- Assist with planning and execution of process trials, technical demonstrations, test campaigns, and manufacturing readiness activities
- Evaluate equipment performance, material behavior, fabrication constraints, and process results to improve repeatability and product consistency
- Identify technical risks, process limitations, and opportunities to improve yield, throughput, reliability, or manufacturability
**Equipment Design & Fabrication Support**
- Support design, fabrication, installation, testing, and improvement of equipment, tooling, fixtures, and production support hardware
- Create and review drawings, models, layouts, specifications, and technical requirements for manufacturing and development equipment
- Work with internal teams and external vendors to source, fabricate, modify, and implement components, tooling, and equipment
- Provide engineering support during equipment trials, troubleshooting, startup, and process development activities
- Ensure designs and fabrication methods support safe operation, practical manufacturing, maintainability, and scalability
**Manufacturing Development & Process Integration**
- Work with fuel development and manufacturing teams to translate technical requirements into practical production methods and procedures
- Support development of process flows, material movement plans, characterization workflows, and manufacturing readiness activities
- Assist with optimization of fabrication methods, equipment setup, product handling, and process execution
- Coordinate with technicians, operators, engineers, and quality personnel to support hands-on execution of development and manufacturing work
- Support root cause investigations and corrective actions related to equipment performance, process variation, material issues, or product quality concerns
**Characterization, Testing & Technical Evaluation**
- Coordinate with characterization and quality teams to evaluate material properties, product attributes, inspection results, and process outcomes
- Review and analyze data from process runs, equipment trials, inspections, measurements, and characterization activities
- Use technical data to identify trends, assess performance, and support engineering decision-making
- Prepare technical summaries, test reports, process records, and data packages
- Support continuous improvement of test methods, documentation practices, and technical workflows as programs mature
**Documentation, Quality & Cross-Functional Collaboration**
- Develop and maintain engineering documentation including drawings, specifications, test plans, procedures, work instructions, process records, reports, and change documentation
- Communicate technical status, risks, open issues, and recommended actions clearly to project and technical stakeholders
- Participate in design reviews, technical reviews, project planning, troubleshooting, and readiness activities
- Ensure work is documented clearly, accurately, and in accordance with company requirements
- Follow applicable safety, radiological, quality, environmental, and operational requirements
The role is based on-site at Standard Nuclear's Oak Ridge, TN nuclear fuel fabrication facility and involves work across office, laboratory, manufacturing, and controlled environments. Regular interaction with fuel development, engineering, manufacturing, characterization, quality, EH&S, radiological controls, maintenance, vendors, and technical teams is required. Work may involve laboratory activities, manufacturing equipment, fabrication support, characterization activities, controlled areas, and use of required PPE.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 3–6 years of experience in fuel development, advanced manufacturing, equipment design, process development, materials processing, fabrication support, or related technical work (preferred)
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent resident status, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State (required for export compliance)
