Nuclear Analysis Engineer

Aalo
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Extreme Ownership","Communication","Problem-solving","Sense of urgency"]

Support the design, analysis, licensing, testing, and deployment of Aalo’s modular sodium-cooled microreactors. Perform reactor physics and neutronics studies to optimize core design, evaluate performance and safety parameters, and generate technical documentation for internal reviews and regulatory submittals. Build 3D models using Monte Carlo and deterministic methods, run multiphysics coupling, and communicate assumptions, uncertainties, and implications across engineering and licensing teams.

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Nuclear Analysis Engineer

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Job Summary

Support the design, analysis, licensing, testing, and deployment of Aalo’s modular sodium-cooled microreactors. Perform reactor physics and neutronics studies to optimize core design, evaluate performance and safety parameters, and generate technical documentation for internal reviews and regulatory submittals. Build 3D models using Monte Carlo and deterministic methods, run multiphysics coupling, and communicate assumptions, uncertainties, and implications across engineering and licensing teams.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform neutronics and reactor physics analyses to support design, evaluation, and optimization of advanced reactor cores.
  • •Develop high-fidelity 3D reactor models using Monte Carlo transport tools such as Serpent, MCNP, OpenMC, and SCALE.
  • •Run deterministic reactor physics calculations and develop reduced-order models for design iteration, scoping studies, and coupled analyses.
  • •Evaluate key nuclear design parameters including criticality, neutron flux and power distributions, control rod worth, shutdown margin, and reactivity.
  • •Prepare technical reports and documentation for design reviews, safety analyses, and licensing activities, communicating assumptions, uncertainties, and limitations.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
  • •5+ years of experience performing reactor physics or neutronics analyses for nuclear reactor systems.
  • •Strong grounding in neutron transport, reactor physics, criticality, and nuclear engineering fundamentals.
  • •Experience with continuous-energy Monte Carlo methods and codes.
  • •Proficiency in Python for engineering analysis, automation, scientific computing, or data processing.
Experience:5+ yearsNuclear energyReactor physicsNeutronics
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Extreme OwnershipCommunicationProblem-solvingSense of urgency
Tech Stack:SerpentMCNPOpenMCSCALEMonte CarloPythonDiffusion theoryDiscrete ordinatesNodal methodsKENOGriffinDIF3DMultiphysics couplingThermal-hydraulicsThermo-mechanical analysisMonte Carlo transportDeterministic reactor physics

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Aalo
Develops advanced small nuclear reactors designed to provide clean, reliable, and scalable power for data centers, industrial sites, and the broader electric grid. The company focuses on compact reactor systems and associated deployment infrastructure.
Industry: Nuclear Energy
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Headquarters: Austin, United States
Founded: 2022
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