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Postdoctoral Scholar Employee Reactor Physics Nuclear Engineering

Position overview Position title: Postdoc
Salary range: The UC postdoc salary scales set the minimum pay determined by experience level at appointment. See the following table for the current salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t23.pdf. A reasonable estimate for this position is between $66,737 and $80,000.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: Spring 2025

Position duration: Two years with the possibility of renewal depending on performance and availability of funding

Application Window
Open date: March 13, 2025

Next review date: Friday, Jun 13, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Jun 27, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley is seeking a Postdoctoral Employee to perform nuclear data validation and experimental reactor physics benchmarking analyses. In 2020 the PETALE experiment was conducted at the CROCUS reactor at EPFL in Switzerland. This position will create a benchmark evaluation for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project to be submitted in 2026. The PETALE experiment specifically targeted cross-section data associated with metals used in nuclear reactors (Fe, Cr, etc.).

The work will mostly consist of creating detailed neutronics models of the CROCUS reactor and the specific modifications for PETALE. The position will require extensive traveling to Lausanne, Switzerland to communicate with researchers as part of the benchmark evaluation process. Other responsibilities will include mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and preparing the results of research for publication. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to give occasional guest lectures.

Union: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/px/index.html

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD or equivalent international degree, or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree granting program

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

• Ph.D. or equivalent international degree


• The candidate should have no more than three years of post-degree research experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Extensive experience in reactor physics and experimental analyses.


• Use of radiation transport codes, especially MCNP, Serpent, OpenMC, or an equivalent code.


• Experience with uncertainty quantification methods. Experience with computer programming (Python, C++).


• Demonstrated writing experience in journal publications and technical reports.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.


• Statement of Research

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04838

Help contact: jspitzer@berkeley.edu

About UC Berkeley

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The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

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As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.


• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy


• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy


• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

Job location
Berkeley, CA

To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04838













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