Senior Systems Engineer | Reston, VA

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trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Project Overview Bechtel is the licensing, engineering, procurement, and construction partner on Terra Power’s Natrium team.

Selected by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, Natrium is participating in a DOE initiative to re-establish U. S. leadership in nuclear energy that provides matching funding to industry to design and build an operational advanced reactor. Terra Power, a leading advanced generation technology company founded by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, will be deploying its 345 MWe sodium fast reactor (SFR), called Natrium. The Natrium

plant features an advanced, cost-competitive reactor design that is safer, simpler, easier and less costly to construct, less expensive to operate, and able to provide energy that is competitive with fossil fuels.

It also features an innovative molten salt energy storage system designed to be complementary to solar and wind power by evening out the peaks and valleys in production when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. With the reactor and energy storage output combined, the plant can produce more than 500 MWe of power. Other Team Natrium partners include: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Energy Northwest, Pacifi Corp, and Duke Energy, along with support from a number of national laboratories and universities.

This DOE Program has the potential to be the largest funding program for advanced nuclear power in U. S. history and will shape the future of nuclear energy for decades. We invite you to join our team for this historic and interesting opportunity! Bechtel work will be executed in Reston, Virginia. Position Summary This position is for a Senior Systems Engineer (SE) to execute systems engineering activities including management, organization, and verification of complex design requirements, within a model-based systems engineering environment for the Natrium project.

The SE plays a critical role in the delivery of the Requirements Management and Model-Based Systems Engineering program for Bechtel work products and designs, as well as for coordination of the scope and integration of work with internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate must have strong organizational and teamwork skills, proven problem-solving abilities, a can-do attitude, and the desire to innovate designs. This role will report to the Nuclear/Systems Engineering EGS. Responsibilities This position will be responsible for executing systems engineering work assignments concerned with specialized unique engineering requirements for the Natrium project.

This involves exploration of a subject area, the definition of scope, and may involve the development of novel concepts, approaches, and solutions. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in executing requirements management, model-based systems engineering, industrial process modeling, and design development experience producing design data/documents for power and/or government customers in accordance with project requirements. The candidate will be interfacing and coordinating with other engineering disciplines, teaming partners and other stakeholders in the management and verification of the facility requirements.

The position will be responsible for developing key systems engineering documents and must have a broad knowledge of the industry and regulatory standards and design criteria pertinent to engineering and construction. In addition, it will be required that the candidate have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), can be the “face” of Bechtel, promoting our leadership, quality, and safety values, to external partners including vendors, construction companies, and other subcontractors.

Responsibilities include: Evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering methods, techniques, procedures, and criteria, using independent judgment with limited oversight. Interface with the teaming partners and regulators for technical issue studies, resolutions, and recommendations. Develops functional/system analysis to define facility/system design requirements. Establishes means of verifying requirements implementation, including acceptance criteria. Develops system and facility design criteria documents. Supports system-level design verification, requirements verification, test requirements specification, and requirements flow-down and traceability.

Develops key engineering documents related to the systems engineering discipline. Perform model-based Systems Engineering using a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automation tool (e. g. IBM® Rationale DOORS®, Cradle by 3Sl or Innoslate by Spec Innovations). Performs research and documentation that establishes system operations and limits that are obtained from the review of design and basis documents and from discussions with system designers. Reviews and checks work of other Systems Engineers.

Performs impact analyses for proposed requirement changes. Executes periodic backssments to validate implementation and traceability of requirements into design. Supports maintaining Configuration Management within the Program. Accountable for error-free deliverables. Supports coordination with other technical disciplines in planning and executing work as an integrated team. Qualifications and Skills Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering or a related Engineering field (e. g. Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical or Nuclear Engineering) from an accredited university or college with at least 9 years of relevant technical experience.

US citizenship or permanent resident. Minimum Qualifications Possess an understanding of Systems Engineering principles and methods, requirements management principles, and methods. Relevant experience includes; but is not limited to, evaluating, selecting, and applying standard engineering methods, techniques, procedures, and criteria, using independent judgment with limited oversight to execute work supporting a model-based systems engineering program. Knowledgeable on industry/regulatory codes and standards, and design and/or layout criteria pertinent to the systems engineering discipline.

Knowledgeable of application and coordination of systems engineering tools, such as CRADLE by 3SL, IBM® Rationale DOORS® or Innoslate by Spec Innovations on a program or project. Excellent oral and written communication. Experience with Microsoft Office programs, and other common computer programs. Preferred Qualifications Experience working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as NQA-1 or ISO-9000. International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certification. Experience with RAMI/FMECA analysis.

Experience with system modeling and efficiency analysis. Familiarity with the implementation of requirements in the design of complex facilities. Experience with SE implementation on projects executed for power plants, DOD, or other similar government agencies. Experience working on large, complex EPC contracts. #LI-SNH Shaping tomorrow together Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents.

We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live. Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, interaction, interactionual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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