Reactor Physics Specialist, Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric Company is a pioneer in developing solutions for the nuclear industry and a leading supplier of products and technologies for nuclear power plants. We have 9000 employees in 19 countries around the world. Today, Westinghouse technology is utilized in half of the world's operational nuclear power plants and we are building new reactors. Operations in Sweden started in 1969 and was incorporated in the Westinghouse group in the year of 2000. We offer nuclear fuel, products and services in automation, maintenance, testing and decommissioning to customers around the world. Westinghouse Sweden has 900 employees in Västerås and Täby. Find out more at www.westinghousenuclear.com

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions?

Do you have a strong scientific and engineering interest in Reactor Physics as well as a strong drive to continue your development to become a world class specialist and one of our key experts in developing methods, models, and codes? Great! You should join our team!

Your Day-To-Day

The Nuclear Fuel Methods & Technology team in Västerås, Sweden is responsible for the development of engineering analysis methods and software tools for modeling, evaluation, prediction, and optimization of existing and future fuel and core designs for Light Water Reactors, with focus on BWR and VVER plants. These analyses cover thermo-mechanical fuel rod behavior, neutron and core physics, and thermo-hydraulics. The team is also engaged in the development of technologies for new fuel concepts, as well as the support for the licensing of fuel and core analysis methods.

Computer codes being developed within the group include the 2D fuel assembly neutronics code PHOENIX, the 3D core nodal code POLCA, the 3D plant systems code POLCA-T for reactor dynamics and stability analysis, and the 1.5D fuel rod performance code STAV. The new position focuses on reactor physics, with special emphasis on the POLCA and POLCA-T codes, and the field of work includes all steps from theoretical models and analysis methods development, via implementation in the codes, to their qualification and documentation.

The Nuclear Fuel Methods & Technology team is part of the Digital & Innovation (D&I) - Sweden unit, which today consists of 17 persons, originating from seven different countries.



Who You Are

You have a PhD or MSc degree in reactor physics. Since most of the model development work is implemented in industrial-quality software by the developers themselves, you should be acquainted and comfortable with software engineering practices. Either you have professional experience in the area or is a newly graduate, what matters to us is your potential and your drive to learn. You need very good knowledge of English, in both speaking and writing. Good knowledge of Swedish is a plus, but not a necessity. In addition to the advanced reactor physics education, this position requires very good teamwork and cooperation skills as well as the ability to work independently in challenging development projects.



Additional Information

We hope that you find this opportunity interesting, appealing and challenging! We are looking forward to receiving your complete application via https://careers.westinghousenuclear.com/job-invite/5202/ as soon as possible but no later than the 6th of March 2022.

For more information about the position, you are welcome to contact us:

Recruiting manager Magnus Limbäck (Manager, BWR & VVER Fuels Technology, D&I - Sweden), phone +46 21-34 74 48 or e-mail limbacmn@westinghouse.com

Recruitment consultant Ulrika Matsson (Jefferson Wells, Sweden), phone +46 70 699 74 95 or e-mail ulrika.matsson@jeffersonwells.se

This position is part of the collective agreement Teknikavtalet.

A security clearance will be part of the selection process.



Our offer

Our business is covered by Teknikavtalen and local agreements. As a Westinghouse employee, you automatically benefit from ASB - a collective insurance plan for employees, as well as health benefits and occupational health care via Previa.

The well-being of our employees is our priority. We offer a flexible workplace and technical as well as personal development in our global high-tech corporation characterized by safety and innovation.