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Standard Nuclear is building advanced nuclear fuel manufacturing systems at scale. This Mechanical Engineer role supports fuel development and manufacturing programs by providing mechanical design, equipment development, fabrication support, and manufacturing engineering across concept through production.
You will work hands-on across engineering, laboratory, manufacturing, and vendor environments to develop reliable equipment and production systems for advanced nuclear fuel. This is a practical role suited for someone with equipment design, tooling, fixtures, fabrication methods, or process equipment experience.
Key responsibilities include:
**Mechanical Design & Engineering Support**
- Develop mechanical designs for equipment, tooling, fixtures, material handling systems, and production support hardware
- Create and review drawings, models, specifications, layouts, and technical requirements
- Support design activities from concept through detailed design, fabrication, installation, testing, and commissioning
- Evaluate equipment performance, functionality, maintainability, reliability, and manufacturability
- Ensure designs support safe operation, practical fabrication, ease of maintenance, and production scalability
**Equipment Development & Fabrication Support**
- Support development of fabrication methods, equipment concepts, tooling approaches, and process support systems
- Work with internal teams and external vendors to source, fabricate, modify, and implement mechanical components
- Provide engineering support during buildout, installation, troubleshooting, and startup of new or modified equipment
- Identify design risks, equipment limitations, fabrication constraints, and improvement opportunities
- Support hands-on problem-solving during equipment trials, process development, and production readiness work
**Manufacturing & Process Integration**
- Translate fuel development and manufacturing process needs into practical mechanical designs and equipment solutions
- Support optimization of manufacturing systems for repeatability, throughput, reliability, ergonomics, and quality
- Assist with layout planning, material movement, equipment integration, containment approaches, and workflow improvements
- Collaborate with maintenance and operations teams to ensure equipment can be operated, maintained, and repaired effectively
- Support investigations related to equipment performance, mechanical failures, production interruptions, or process variability
**Documentation & Project Execution**
- Prepare and maintain engineering documentation including drawings, specifications, design notes, equipment records, test plans, and reports
- Support design reviews, technical reviews, project planning, and readiness reviews
- Coordinate with vendors, fabricators, and internal stakeholders to keep deliverables on schedule
- Communicate technical status, design risks, open issues, and recommended actions to engineering and project leadership
- Ensure work complies with applicable quality, safety, radiological, 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. You will interact regularly with engineering, manufacturing, fuel development, quality, maintenance, EH&S, radiological controls, and technical teams. Work may involve manufacturing equipment, mechanical systems, tooling, fabrication activities, production areas, controlled environments, and required PPE. Adherence to site safety, quality, radiological, environmental, and operational procedures is expected.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field
- 3+ years of experience in mechanical design, manufacturing engineering, equipment design, process equipment, tooling, or related technical work
- Experience designing or supporting equipment, fixtures, tooling, material handling systems, or production support hardware
- Proficiency with CAD software and ability to create, review, and revise engineering drawings and models
- Experience supporting fabrication, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, or improvement of mechanical systems
- Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, manufacturability, tolerancing, materials, equipment reliability, and practical fabrication methods
- Experience in advanced manufacturing, chemical processing, nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, industrial equipment, or other regulated technical environments preferred
- Strong hands-on problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively across engineering, manufacturing, quality, maintenance, and vendor teams
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent resident status, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from U.S. Department of State
