Entry Level Salary for Nuclear Engineers

The average salary for an entry level Nuclear Engineer is $57,870. An experienced Nuclear Engineer makes about $107,068 per year.

Nuclear engineers research and develop the processes, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy and radiation. Many of these engineers find industrial and medical uses for radioactive materials while others specialize in the development of nuclear power sources for ships or spacecraft. Find more career information.

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  • Nuclear Engineer - US Navy - Grandview Heights,OH

    Job Title : Nuclear Engineer (Naval Reactors Engineer) Category / Component : Officer • Active Overview Design, regulate, and oversee the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, including reactor design, fleet operations, and eventual defueling and...

  • Structural Engineer - Nuclear Energy, Q Clearance - Centrus Energy - Chillicothe,OH

    Job Description Position Summary Shape the future of energy infrastructure at the American Centrifuge Plant (ACP) in Piketon, Ohio. Centrus Energy is seeking an experienced, proactive Civil/Structural Design...

  • Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery - Controls - Amazon Data Services - New Albany,OH

    AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking,...

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