Westinghouse Electric Company - Cranberry Township, PA
posted 3 months ago
About the position
As a Principal Mechanical Engineer at Westinghouse, you will play a crucial role in supporting the company's mission to provide clean energy solutions. This position is based in Cranberry Township, PA, and involves a variety of engineering tasks primarily focused on Environmentally Assisted Fatigue (EAF) and Metal Fatigue. You will be responsible for performing engineering tasks in support of the WESTEMS program, which is a fatigue aging management software designed for monitoring plant transients and conducting fatigue analysis. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include developing site-specific WESTEMS models, processing data from operating plants to develop transient cycle counts, and providing ongoing customer support for the WESTEMS software, including installation, training, and user group meetings. In addition to supporting the WESTEMS program, you will also engage in License Renewal and Subsequent License Renewal Projects, focusing on Time-Limited Aging Analyses (TLAAs), Metal Fatigue, and EAF. This will involve identifying TLAAs, reviewing plant data to identify past transient occurrences, and performing EAF screening evaluations. You will utilize ANSYS software to develop finite element models and perform detailed stress and fatigue evaluations per ASME Code Section III Subsection NB-3200 criteria. Your role will also require interfacing with external customers to define project scope and resolve comments on documents, as well as providing consultation to address NRC questions and requests for additional information. Westinghouse Electric Company values its employees and recognizes their contributions to the company's success. The organization is committed to fostering a diverse workforce and offers competitive benefits to support employee health and well-being. If you are looking for an innovative environment where you can thrive and contribute to the future of clean energy, this position may be the perfect fit for you.
Responsibilities
- Support Environmentally Assisted Fatigue (EAF) and Metal Fatigue analysis.
- Perform engineering tasks in support of the WESTEMS program.
- Develop site-specific WESTEMS models.
- Process data from operating plants to develop transient cycle counts and fatigue usage.
- Support coding upgrades to the WESTEMS software.
- Provide ongoing customer support for the WESTEMS software, including installation and training.
- Interface with external customers to define projects for commercial offers.
- Identify Time-Limited Aging Analyses (TLAAs) and fatigue analyses of record (AORs).
- Review plant data and operator logs to identify past transient occurrences.
- Perform EAF screening evaluations to identify leading component locations.
- Perform hand calculations to reduce conservatism in fatigue AOR.
- Utilize ANSYS software to develop finite element models for WESTEMS evaluations.
- Perform detailed stress and fatigue evaluations per ASME Code Section III Subsection NB-3200 criteria.
- Provide customer consultation to resolve NRC questions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
- Minimum 8 years of applicable experience required; 10+ years preferred.
- Experience with piping systems and component analysis.
- Familiarity with ASME Section III and Section XI criteria preferred.
- Experience with FEA and ANSYS/ABAQUS preferred.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to learn quickly.
- Nuclear plant primary systems knowledge preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with ASME Section III and Section XI criteria.
- Experience with FEA and ANSYS/ABAQUS.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
- Paid Vacations and Holidays
- Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
- Educational Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
