Subject Matter Expert, Rotating Machinery

Developing large rotating machinery for a first-of-a-kind sodium-cooled nuclear reactor is a challenge that demands the very best in mechanical engineering expertise. If you have 15+ years of large pump design and lifecycle experience and want to apply your knowledge to hardware that is genuinely unprecedented, this role is for you.

What This Role Offers:

Location: Remote / Bellevue, WA

Full-Time | Remote/Hybrid | 12-Month Contract | High likelihood of extension based on performance/job needs

Schedule: M-F

Salary Range: $84 – $135/hr

Benefits: Healthcare – Medical, Dental, Vision; PTO; Some Paid Holidays; Unmatched 401k

Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight for first-of-a-kind large nuclear fluid pumps through design, testing, and manufacturing

• Review supplier deliverables to ensure pump design operates as required

• Author and maintain specifications and other design inputs for pump design

• Plan and oversee separate and integrated effects testing, including pump qualification programs

• Ensure proper application of applicable design codes and standards (ASME, ANS, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA)

• Establish, maintain, and allocate system requirements and engineering specifications

• Oversee development and integration of design documentation including P&IDs, 3D models, and interface drawings

• Lead preparation and coordination of complete design packages (calculations, reports, drawings, specifications)

• Support project planning and scheduling to ensure alignment with plant design delivery milestones

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in Mechanical or related discipline from an accredited university

• 15+ years of direct experience with proven mechanical systems skills

• Experience with large vertical pump design and manufacture

• Experience with full hardware lifecycle from design through manufacturing (cradle to grave)

• Strong mechanical aptitude with demonstrated experience in fluid and structural analysis, tolerance analysis, and engineering drawing interpretation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in high-temperature and multi-discipline integration

• Experience with nuclear handling process systems, fluid systems, or fluid system component design

Thomas-Thor provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.