Antares Pharma

Senior Test Technician

Los Angeles · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago

PythonProcurementHardware DesignCollaboration

About the role

You will be responsible for assembling test stands, integrating sensors and data acquisition systems, wiring and plumbing test hardware, operating tests safely and accurately, and documenting results and issues.
You will turn engineering concepts into physical test rigs, operate them during development and qualification testing, and feed back real-time observations to engineers to enable rapid iteration.
You will be essential in ensuring data quality, test repeatability, and high operational uptime.

Responsibilities

Build, assemble, and maintain test rigs, fixtures, and support equipment for R1 components and subsystems
Execute tests following established procedures and document conditions, results, anomalies, and operator observations
Support the Test Engineer in developing test setups, executing test campaigns, and improving procedures
Maintain test areas, equipment, tools, and safety systems to ensure a clean and safe working environment
Maintain accurate records of test configurations, instrument calibrations, hardware changes, and run logs
Support procurement, receiving, and organization of test components, sensors, and consumables
As a Senior Test Technician on the Antares team, you will work directly alongside Test Engineers to build, operate, instrument, and maintain test infrastructure for the R1 reactor.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience as a test technician, engineering technician, lab technician, or similar technical role
Experience assembling mechanical systems, test fixtures, or prototype hardware
Experience with instrumentation integration (thermocouples, pressure transducers, strain gauges, etc.)
Familiarity with data acquisition systems and basic test software
Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and work instructions
Strong mechanical aptitude and experience with hand tools and shop tools
Ability to work safely around high-energy systems, heavy equipment, and complex test setups
Ability to lift 50 lbs
Standing, climbing, bending, grasping, pulling, pushing, and carrying are required to perform job functions
Think probabilistically and then take action. "If you want to be certain, then you are apt to be obsolete." Over-optimizing the components often degrades the system

Nice to have

Fabricate brackets, mount points, plumbing, wiring harnesses, and mechanical components (hands-on machining, hand tools, and light fabrication experience preferred)

Skills

Experience with plumbing systems (tubing, valves, fittings, brazing, leak checking, etc.)
Experience working with technicians and engineers to debug hardware and instrumentation
Familiarity with inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, etc.)
Experience using CAD or simple CAD viewers (for interpreting models and drawings)
Experience working in a fast-paced hardware development environment
Welding, machining, or fabrication experience
Python or general scripting familiarity

Company info

At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We're fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we're building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space.
Formed in 2023, the Antares team hails from SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, The Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Los Alamos, Idaho, and Oak Ridge. Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.
At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt.
We're fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space.
To achieve our mission, we're building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space.
Formed in 2023, the Antares team hails from SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, The Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Los Alamos, Idaho, and Oak Ridge.
Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.

Equal opportunity

Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Employment decisions are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
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