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NUCLEAR ENGINEER

U.S. Pacific Fleet · Posted 56 days ago

Hybrid San Diego, CA $122K – $158K Apply by Jul 28, 2026 Nuclear Engineering ISTJ Engineering
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About the Role

You will serve as a NUCLEAR ENGINEER in the Nuclear Test Engineering Division, Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) San Diego Detachment.

What You'll Do

  • You will work directly for and serve as the San Diego Detachment representative of a Nuclear Chief Test Engineer (CTE) who is responsible for nuclear reactor plant test program preparations.
  • You will carry out the responsibilities identified in the applicable (submarine or surface ship) general Reactor Plant Overhaul and Repair Specifications for off-station work.
  • You will act as an authority in resolving problems of a crucial and technically complex nature, and as such, must have proven performance and experience as a qualified Shift Test Engineer.
  • You will be required to anticipate problems and take corrective action which, if not identified in the early stages, would likely lead to serious consequences, such as problems involving performance reliability and public safety.
  • You will determine exact reactor plant status at the start of the work shift and formally brief Ship’s Force and shipyard personnel on planned reactor plant operations and tests.
  • You will serve as the single shipyard authority for determining that all necessary preparations are complete for maintenance and testing.
  • You will ensure safe operation of the reactor plant by assuring all operations are performed in accordance with approved procedures and expected plant responses as indicated by instrumentation or reports from watchstanders are obtained.
  • You will qualify and maintain a qualification supporting emergency response within the Reactor Plant Technical Branch and responds as required as part of the Radiological Emergency Response Organization.

Requirements

  • Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
  • Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
  • OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
  • Office of Personnel Management.
  • For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
  • OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above).
  • Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.

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Job ID: e3202010-fe11-49e7-8ca4-ada58dd3a0b0

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