Radiant Industries

Quality Systems Engineer

El Segundo, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 34 days ago

NegotiationAuditingHRISSystems EngineeringHardware DesignProblem SolvingInternal Audit

About the role

You will be a leader in the industry as you take an objective look at what controls are necessary to achieve our mission and which should be dropped because they are no longer relevant.
The ideal candidate is one who constantly asks "What is the intended outcome" and never settles for "This is how it has always been done." This is a role where you will take a common sense approach to implementing controls for applications that cannot fail.
As a Quality Systems Engineer, you will have ownership of policies and procedures that govern the way the entire company functions and operates.

Establish and implement practices across the company to ensure that hardware is designed, built, and operated with the highest level of engineering rigor.
Evaluate the direct impact that quality procedures have on hardware production; revise procedures as needed to support production while maintaining compliance.
Create new policies and procedures as necessary to support changing priorities and respond to new challenges.
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.
Understand and implement Quality Assurance requirements (NQA-1) to keep Radiant in compliance with industry regulation.

2+ years of full-time experience with engineering problem solving in hardware design, testing, systems engineering, build reliability or quality assurance.
Hands-on experience with requirement derivation, negotiation and verification
or experience with the product design process especially as it relates to defining systems, interfaces and specifications.
Experience in a Mission Assurance, Quality Assurance, Build Reliability, or Systems Engineering role.

Undergraduate degree in engineering and ability to apply fundamental engineering principles.
Deep familiarity with quality management systems (AS9100, ISO9001, NQA-1, TS16959, etc.)
Desired Qualifications &
Full product life cycle experience with hardware that has seen production.
Interpersonal skills to interact with both internal and external groups to overcome associated constraints.
Analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to rapidly resolve interdisciplinary issues.
Desired Qualifications & Skills:

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.

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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