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Career Opportunities

KAPL offers a full range of career opportunities, including ...

Reactor Engineering: Advanced Reactor Core and Pressure Vessel Design • Thermal/Hydraulic Design and Testing • Interactive CAE

Advanced Technology: Fundamental Testing and Analyses in Noise and Single and Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics • Experimental Fluid Mechanics • Nondestructive Testing (Ultrasonic, Fiberoptics and Eddy Current) • Electronic/Microprocessor Development • Robotics

Materials Engineering: Nuclear Fuel Development/Testing/Analysis • Reactor Plant Structural Materials and Fabrication Development • Irradiation Effects Modeling • High Temperature Autoclave Testing • Electrochemistry • Corrosion Testing and Modeling • Fracture Mechanics • Welding • Computational Materials Science

Nuclear Engineering: Nuclear Design and Analysis • Experimental Reactor Physics • Nuclear Design Methods Development • Reactor Start-up/Ship and Prototype Testing • Shielding

Systems Engineering: Mechanical/Electrical Systems Development, Analysis, and Simulation • Power Plant Test, Operation and Maintenance Support • Reactor Plant Safety Analysis and Assessment

Facilities Engineering: Environmental Engineering • Civil Engineering • Electro/Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Distribution

Radiological Controls Engineering: Radiation Health/Radiological Training • Environmental Controls/Dosimetry • Emergency Preparedness • Operational Radiological Controls

Nuclear Plant Operations: Reactor Plant Operations Navy Training • Prototype Servicing-Facilities/Maintenance Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering: Process Engineering Quality Assurance • Procurement Engineering • Computer Systems Integration • Advanced Inspection Systems

Information Technology and Super Computing: Systems Software Engineering • Supercomputer Methods Development • Artificial Intelligence • Network Engineering • Massively Parallel Software Development • Web Development • Network Systems Administration and Support

Chemistry: Analytical, Corrosion and Radiochemistry • Microchemical Characterization • Reactor Primary and Thermal Plant Chemistry Development • Modeling and Analysis Development • System Decontamination and Cleaning Technique Development • Purification and Filtration Methods Development • Waste Management

Business and Administration: Administrative Support • Design Drafting • Facilities Support • Finance • Human Resources • Security • Skilled Crafts • Sourcing • Technicians • Communications

All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Applicants selected will be subject to a federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.

KAPL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is Committed to Workforce Diversity.