Principal Turbomachinery Engineer

PRINCIPAL TURBOMACHINERY ENGINEER: Valar Atomics is seeking a highly motivated Turbomachinery Engineer to join our team and lead the design and development of the next generation of compressors and turbines for the Ward Series high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors. RESPONSIBILITIES: Design, build, and test helium compressors and advanced turbines for high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors Own critical turbomachinery components and be responsible for every aspect of the turbomachinery design, demonstrate ownership and work in close collaboration with manufacturing and assembling Perform the hydrodynamic sizing and flowpath design and analysis work for impellers and diffusers for the helium compressor and other turbomachinery for the nuclear system Ensure that detailed mechanical analysis is performed on all components/systems. Review drawings and make sure that selected designs meet the required standards for life and reliability targets Devise accurate and correct models, develop methodologies and first principles-based tools to determine turbomachinery performance and operability Work with teams developing other systems to ensure that the designs is optimally integrated and that risks are well balanced across the system Own secondary flow analysis and design, ensure that current and future hardware meets performance targets Support both component and assembly testing. Be involved with defining the test configuration, the test process/execution and review the results to confirm Lead the resolution of issues encountered with the turbopump during development/qualification testing Support ongoing design improvements to turbopump assemblies and/or sub systems including manufacturing improvements to reduce cost and lead time of components BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline 10+ years of experience in the design of turbomachinery PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Master’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering or similar Power/Process plant turbomachinery design experience Strong understanding of pump hydrodynamic/aerodynamic design and fundamentals of turbomachinery (mechanical design, and hands on experience with turbomachinery hardware build) Strong understanding of thermodynamics, compressible and incompressible flow, thermochemistry mechanics and/or materials Experience with turbomachinery manufacturing and design of manufacturability Professional experience using Siemens NX (Unigraphics) or other CAD packages Experience with Ansys (CFX, mechanical, thermal) Understanding of engineering fundamentals and the ability to develop first principles based models and quick estimates Experience at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Willingness to travel to vendors/partners and Valar Atomics' nuclear site in Utah Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed Salary $140,000 - $200,000 USD #J-18808-Ljbffr Insider, Inc.