Radiant Industries
Systems Engineer
El Segundo, CA · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 79 days ago
Code ReviewHRISSystems EngineeringCommunication
About the role
- Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world's first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. The company's first reactor, Kaleidos, is a 1-megawatt, fail-safe microreactor that can be transported anywhere power is needed and run for up to 5 years without refueling. Portable nuclear power with rapid-deploy capability can replace
- similar-sized diesel generators and provide critical asset support for hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases. Radiant's unique, practical approach to nuclear development leverages modern software engineering to rapidly deliver safe, factory-built microreactors that use existing, well-qualified materials. Founded in 2020, Radiant is on
Responsibilities
- Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews; confirm acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
- Engage with Engineering to drive optimized designs while shepherding them through the design review process, verification testing, and part release.
- Collaborate with responsible engineers throughout the entire design process, ensuring design criteria are properly considered in the development of hardware.
- Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world's first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors.
- Radiant's unique, practical approach to nuclear development leverages modern software engineering to rapidly deliver safe, factory-built microreactors that use existing, well-qualified materials.
- Develop, own, and continuously improve design criteria, standards, and requirements for reactor core, structures, fluid systems, electronics, and shielding.
- Guide engineers through the Radiant design process and ensure design criteria/requirements are being followed for reactor design, manufacturing, and test activities.
- Radiant is seeking a Systems Engineer to develop, maintain, and govern engineering design standards, requirements, and verification methodologies for the mass production of nuclear reactors.
- This role bridges systems engineering, design, analysis, manufacturing, and operations.
- In short, you'll be the glue between our analysis, test, certification, and design teams, helping to connect the technical dots and solve problems across our reactor designs.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in engineering design, analysis, or systems engineering.
- Strong understanding of the system design process including interface control and tradeoffs.
- 5+ years professional experience in an engineering role (design, analysis, test, or manufacturing.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, aerospace, systems, or related).
- Experience in manufacturing or production environments.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Desired Qualifications &
- Advanced degree in an engineering discipline.
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Flow).
- Familiarity with structural, thermal, and fluid systems.
- Desired Qualifications & Skills:
Compensation
- Total Compensation and Benefits
Benefits
- 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
- Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
- 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
- Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
- Flexible PTO policy.
Company info
- recruiting@radiantnuclear.com.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls.
- Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.
- Founded in 2020, Radiant is on track to test its first reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory this summer, with initial customer deliveries beginning in 2028.
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