Idaho National Laboratory is hiring a Ceramic Mechanical Engineer to work in our Irradiated Fuels and Materials department. Our team works a 9x80 schedule located out of our EROB facility with every other Friday off. You will report to the manager over Irradiated Fuels and Materials. The Irradiated Fuels and Materials department at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) seeks to fill a staff research position in mechanical engineering. Responsibilities Include: - The Nuclear Materials Design staff will join the ongoing and future efforts in the Nuclear Materials Department with a focus on supporting the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Reactor. - Development (ART) graphite program. The ART graphite program is a mature DOE funded program conducting one of the largest nuclear graphite unirradiated and irradiated testing programs in the world. - This is an experimental position within the DOE Advanced Reactor Development (ART) graphite program and will primarily consist of mechanical testing and development of test methods of synthetic graphite grades for new high temperature reactor (HTR) core components. - You will assist with mechanical and thermal testing of unirradiated and irradiated graphite, experience in analysis of ceramic material properties (probabilistic approach), lead development of new material testing methods for degraded and high temperature graphite, and lead academic, national, and international collaborations in nuclear graphite and carbon-composite testing research. - Additional experience in characterization and testing of C-C and SiC-SiC CMCs, fuel matrix material, and MMCs within a High Temperature Reactor (HTR) design would be advantageous. Specifically, the graphite program is interested in a candidate with experience in mechanical testing and analysis of ceramic/brittle materials.