NDT Engineer

at  BWX Technologies

At BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), we are People Strong, Innovation Driven. Headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia, BWXT is a Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security, clean energy, environmental restoration, nuclear medicine and space exploration. With more than 7,800 employees, BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components, services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXT’s technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information, visit www.bwxt.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.

• Responsible for the technical excellence of NDT programs and inspections.
• Collaborate with Level III Inspectors and/or NAVSEA Examiners to ensure processes, procedures, techniques, and inspections meet contract requirements.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering to author reports documenting well engineered solutions to technical problems and nonconformities.
• Drive continuous improvement within the NDT inspection program including the submittal of technical contract changes related to NDT as needed.
• Participate in and/or lead inspection development, training activities, and equipment procurement across all NDT methods.
• Provide technical cognizance over supplier NDT activities for the facility and coordinate with other BWXT facilities to resolve common supplier NDT performance issues.
• Assess candidate non-destructive evaluation needs and develop design concepts for custom system development to meet those needs.
• Design and model NDE tests supported by analysis and numerical modeling to optimize testing systems.
• Perform NDE system design including specifying subsystem components such as scanners, NDE instruments, data acquisition instruments, and software development