Naval Reactors Engineer

The most power energy sources in the world need the most powerful minds behind them. As a Naval Reactors Engineer, you'll be responsible for researching, designing, maintaining, operating, and regulating the nuclear reactors and power plants that drive the most advanced fleet of submarines and aircraft carriers on Earth. Here, you can fuel a passion for problem-solving by defining and redefining the cutting edge of nuclear propulsion, while setting teh standard in nuclear reactor research and regulation.

Naval Reactors Engineers have oversight of the Navy's entire fleet of nuclear-powered ships as well as shore-based prototypes and nuclear propulsion support facilities for America's Navy. The wide array of technical based areas involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program include:

As a Naval Reactors Engineer stationed at Naval Reactors Headquarters in Washington, D.C., you will provide technical overisght while managing projects ranging from reactor design to fleet operations to de-fueling and decommissioning warships.

From the day you start, you'll receive:

In addition to the best-in-class training and state-of-the-art facilities, current undergrad students who meet the prerequisite background will also get the cahnce to get paid while finishing school through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NUPOC) Program. Students in majors like mathematics, engineering, physics and chemistry may receive preferred acceptance into the program.

If accepted into the NUPOC program as an aspiring Naval Reactors Engineer, you can:

As a Naval Reactors Engineer, once you're out of school, you'll have a position waiting as a respected professional and Officer affiliated with the most accomplished nuclear program on Earth. Beyond undergraduate and formal Navy training and education, you can pursue additional graduate education through the following:

General qualifications may vary depending on whether you're currently serving, whether you've served before, or whether you've never served before.

Preliminary training and eventual staff assignments center around Naval Reactors Headquarters at the Nay Yard in Washington, D.C. At Headquarters, you will be part of an elite, streamlined staff of roughly 500 people who oversee the entire Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program from cradle to grave. Even junior-level Naval Reactors Engineers assume responsibility for key techincal work in a variety of state-of-the-art facilities, including: