Aalo Atomics

Aalo Atomics

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Machine Design

Austin, TX · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
GD&TMechanical Design

About the role

  • This role is highly hands-on and reports into the FHS team while collaborating closely with the broader Austin manufacturing organization.

Responsibilities

  • About Aalo Atomics Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power.
  • You will make the call on what gets built in-house versus sourced, drive vendor relationships when needed, and own the metrology plan for the parts that matter.
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  • As the Senior Manufacturing Engineer embedded in the Fuel Handling System (FHS) team, you will own how the FHS hardware actually gets made-from one-off test rigs and immersion casks to the production machine that ships to the reactor site.
  • You will be full-time on the FHS team, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the design, test, and controls engineers in our Austin factory.
  • You proactively identify problems, drive solutions, and follow through.
  • A Sense of Urgency - You move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and maintain momentum while balancing quality and execution.

Requirements

  • A Passion for Solving Hard Problems - You are energized by challenges that others avoid and enjoy finding practical solutions to complex technical issues.
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field 6+ years of manufacturing engineering experience on complex mechanical hardware
  • Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary starting at $140,000 Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Paid Time Off Corporate Gym Membership Candidates only.

Company info

  • Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency.
  • We are looking for an experienced manufacturing engineer who can both turn wrenches and direct fabrication-someone who has personally welded, machined, or assembled hardware in a previous role and now leads the producibility of complex systems.
  • You will own the producibility of every part of the system: welded structures, precision-machined components, sheet metal and bent structures, sealing surfaces, shielding assemblies, and sodium-compatible hardware.

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