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Booz Allen Hamilton · 1 week ago

Nuclear Engineer, Senior

Reston, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$78K/yr - $176K/yr

8+ years exp

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior Nuclear Engineer to provide expertise in nuclear weapons effects for research and development modeling and simulation programs. The role involves leading complex problem-solving efforts, contributing to technical research reports, and supervising first-level managers while applying advanced nuclear theories and principles.

ConsultingCyber SecurityIT InfrastructureManagement ConsultingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide nuclear weapons effects subject matter expertise to client research and development (R&D) modeling and simulation (M&S) programs

Apply nuclear weapons effects knowledge to support client nuclear technology effects, detection, and forensic research programs

Contribute to various multi-functional teams conducting hard target deconstruction, preparing technical collection concepts, developing R&D requirements, and preparing technical research reports

Apply advanced theories, principles, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts

Lead development of solutions to highly complex problems

Work with limited direction to obtain government decisions and approvals

Provide supervision and development of first-level supervisors or managers

Qualification

Nuclear weapons effects expertisePhysics-based modelingNuclear engineering knowledgeReverse engineeringNuclear commandControlModelingSimulation toolsData scienceArtificial intelligenceMachine learningCertified Nuclear ProfessionalProfessional Engineer CertificationLeadership skillsTechnical report writing

Required

8+ years of experience with systems engineering approaches to nuclear weapons effects or development and use of physics-based nuclear weapons effects models

Experience with reverse engineering and facility and vulnerability assessments of nuclear capabilities

Knowledge of nuclear science, nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear and radiation effects, such as EMP or HANE

Knowledge of nuclear engineering and sub-disciplines of thermo-hydraulics, seismic or earthquake, physics, computational science, or fission reactor engineering

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

Bachelor's degree in a Nuclear Engineering or Physics field

Preferred

Experience leading or supporting military projects for the DoD, IC or other agencies, including nuclear command, control, and communications, survivability, weapons control technology, or hard target defeat

Experience with nuclear weapons effects modeling and simulation tools

Knowledge of systems engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering or Applied Physics preferred; Doctorate degree in Nuclear Engineering or Applied Physics a plus

Certified Nuclear Professional Certification

Professional Engineer Certification