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Standard Nuclear is fueling America's nuclear renaissance at industrial scale, delivering essential building blocks for nuclear power—enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy globally.
The Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer supports Standard Nuclear's fuel development and manufacturing programs by contributing to process development, fuel material fabrication, characterization, testing, and technical documentation. This is a hands-on technical role working across engineering, laboratory, and manufacturing environments to help develop reliable processes for advanced nuclear fuel production.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Fuel Development & Process Engineering:
• Support development and optimization of nuclear fuel fabrication processes
• Assist with planning and execution of experiments, process trials, and technical demonstrations
• Evaluate process parameters, operating conditions, and material behavior to improve repeatability and product consistency
• Support scale-up of fuel development activities from laboratory or pilot work into manufacturing workflows
• Help identify process limitations, sources of variation, and opportunities for yield or throughput improvement
Materials Processing & Fabrication Support:
• Support hands-on work involving nuclear fuel materials, powders, ceramics, chemical processing, thermal processing, and related fabrication steps
• Assist with preparation, handling, movement, and tracking of materials in accordance with approved procedures
• Work with technicians and operators to support equipment setup, process readiness, and production execution
• Perform material characterization, testing, and data analysis to support process development
• Maintain disciplined technical documentation and records
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with fuel development, manufacturing, characterization, quality, EH&S, radiological controls, and licensing teams in a regulated nuclear fuel fabrication environment
• Contribute to transition of development activities into repeatable manufacturing practices
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This role is based on-site at Standard Nuclear's Idaho nuclear fuel fabrication facility and involves work across office, laboratory, manufacturing, and controlled environments. The position requires regular interaction with multiple technical teams. Work may involve laboratory activities, chemical or materials processing equipment, production areas, radiological environments, and use of required PPE. Adherence to site safety, quality, radiological, environmental, and operational procedures is expected.
REQUIREMENTS:
The posting indicates this is suited for an early-career engineer with experience or strong interest in nuclear fuels, materials processing, chemical processing, ceramics, powders, or fuel fabrication. Strong technical fundamentals, disciplined documentation practices, and ability to work collaboratively in a regulated nuclear environment are required. U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status required to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.
