Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. Our mission is to deliver the essential building blocks of nuclear power,enabling cost-effective, safe, and secure energy for the world.
The Chemical Engineer supports Standard Nuclear’s fuel manufacturing operations by improving, scaling, and troubleshooting chemical production processes, with an initial focus on sol-gel operations. This role supports process performance, yield improvement, production reliability, and technical execution for manufacturing activities involving chemical processing, material formation, and downstream production steps.
Responsibilities
- Chemical Process Engineering: Support day-to-day chemical manufacturing operations through process monitoring, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving. Develop and improve process parameters, operating windows, and production methods to support repeatable output. Identify sources of yield loss, variability, rework, or process inefficiency and implement corrective actions.
- Yield Improvement & Process Optimization: Analyze production data to identify trends, bottlenecks, defects, and opportunities for yield improvement. Lead or support structured improvement efforts focused on reducing scrap, rework, process downtime, and material loss.
- Manufacturing Support & Technical Execution: Provide technical support to operators, technicians, and supervisors during production activities. Support development and revision of work instructions, operating procedures, batch records, and process documentation.
- Quality, Characterization & Data Integration: Work with quality and characterization teams to connect process conditions with product attributes and acceptance criteria. Support collection, organization, and interpretation of process and characterization data.
- Safety, Radiological Controls & Compliance: Ensure chemical processing work is performed in accordance with site safety, radiological control, environmental, and quality requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with operations, fuel development, quality, characterization, EH&S, radiological controls, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline
- 3–7 years of experience in chemical processing, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, materials processing, or related industrial operations
- Experience with sol-gel processing, precipitation, gelation, slurry processing, particle formation, ceramics, powders, or advanced materials manufacturing preferred
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Disability and Life Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
