Aalo Atomics
Nuclear Analysis Engineer
Austin, TX +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 12, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Idaho Falls, ID - Experience
- 5+ years required; 10+ years preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline; Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.
About the job
Performs reactor physics and neutronics analyses to support advanced reactor core design, safety evaluations, testing, licensing, and operation.
What you'll do
- Develop reactor models and evaluate core performance, criticality, fuel behavior, and safety parameters.
- Conduct depletion, activation, shielding, uncertainty, and multiphysics analyses as needed.
- Prepare technical reports and communicate analytical methods, assumptions, and findings to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 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.
- Experience with continuous-energy Monte Carlo methods and codes, and deterministic reactor physics methods or tools.
- Proficiency in Python; strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering or a related field; 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience with named production neutronics tools, advanced or sodium-cooled reactor design, AI tools for engineering workflows, or NQA-1 software quality assurance.
Tools
Serpent, MCNP, OpenMC, SCALE, Python, Griffin, DIF3D
AI focus
Use AI tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering workflows (preferred).
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