Radiation & Contamination Technologist (RCT)

We are a (rad hard) team of builders, breakers, and fixers - delivering pulsed-power systems to accelerate the world’s transition to fusion. Customers span defense, energy, and aerospace; our pulsed-power platforms (e.g. TITAN, Z-STAR) support nuclear effects testing now and fusion plants tomorrow.

Establish radiation and contamination operating procedures at a high-voltage test site. You will lead radiation monitoring, activation analysis, and decontamination (DECON) for potentially contaminated test articles—keeping the population safe, maintaining testing schedules, and providing high fidelity feedback and data.

• Plan and execute radiation work procedures (RWPs)/ALARA for radiation generating operations (pulsed-power accelerators and neutron yields); establish boundaries, brief crews, and control access.

• Calibrate, field, and process dosimetry (active/passive). Perform contamination surveys pre/post-operation; trend and monitor results.

• Measure potentially activated components and fixtures; establish handling,storage, and release criteria.

• Establish DECON methods for test objects, tools, individuals, and work areas; documentation of processes and results.

• Author RWPs and checklists. Perform safety drills and ensure instruments, sources, and inspection logs current.

• Collaborate with operations team and experimenters; help establish test plans to maintain ALARA and minimize dose and contamination.

• Formal documentation of surveys, hardware possession, calibration, and reporting records in official repository.

• Maintain continuous briefing activities to operations team and experimenters about conditions of test cell and device(s) under test.

• 3–7+ years experience with radiation generating devices (reactors, accelerators, pulsed-power, etc).

• Expertise with radiation protection standards and safety processes.

• Applied DECON experience for contaminated and potentially contaminated materials; advanced knowledge of personal protection equipment (PPE) selection and use.

• Proficient with survey meters, neutron rem counters, thermoluminescent dosimeters, activation foils, friskers, portable gamma spec, electronic personal dosimeters; experience in gamma spectroscopy.

• RWP/ALARA planning, dose and contour modeling, clear concise documentation of results.

• Radiation contamination technologist (RCT) or equivalent certifications must be provided.

• Experience with radiation transport codes (MCNP, GEANT4, NOVICE, etc).

• Familiarity with DoD/DoE radiation safety protocols.

• Experience performing operations in high radiation areas.