Antares Pharma

Antares Pharma

Manufacturing Leader

Los Angeles · Mid

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$190kDetected 167 days ago
Supply ChainMechanical DesignLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

  • Foster a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.
  • Coordinate installation, commissioning, and qualification of manufacturing equipment and infrastructure.
  • Determine manufacturing headcount and staffing plans aligned with near-term development, mid-term pilot production, and long-term full-rate production objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop manufacturing engineering and manufacturing technician teams, setting clear priorities, performance expectations, and professional development plans.
  • Partner closely with design, safety, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure manufacturability and production readiness.
  • Develop and mature core manufacturing processes for reactor components and assemblies, from prototype through production.
  • Establish scalable, repeatable, and robust processes that support increasing reactor production rates over time.
  • Define and implement process documentation, work instructions, tooling concepts, and quality controls.
  • Define skill mixes and hiring timelines for engineers, technicians, and support roles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or operations, with at least 3+ years in a people leadership role.
  • Demonstrated experience with facility layout, equipment installation, and production ramp-up.
  • Support permitting activities by providing manufacturing and facility input required for regulatory approvals.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Skills & Experience:

Skills

  • Experience in nuclear, aerospace, energy, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
  • Strong ability to translate product requirements into scalable manufacturing solutions.
  • Experience supporting permitting, regulatory interfaces, or safety-critical manufacturing operations.
  • Familiarity with advanced materials, precision fabrication, or complex assembly processes.

Compensation

  • Manager / Senior Manager Pay Range = $140,000 - $190,000
  • Director Pay Range: $190,000 - $230,000
  • We are located in Torrance, CA in a 322,000 square foot, brand new facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration, R&D, and production, as well as easy access to the 405, 105, and 110 freeways.
  • Our facility is in the heart of Los Angeles' vibrant emerging tech ecosystem alongside many other high growth startups and enterprises.
  • At Antares, we like to specifically tie each role to our founding document's set of values-here are the top five cultural values we think you should believe at your core to be successful:
  • Think in Systems - Energy and Defense are complex ecosystems with numerous stakeholders with competing priorities, conflicting policies, perverse incentives, and emergent and path-dependent.

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.
  • Learn more about the ITAR here https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987.

Visa & Work Authorization

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