Systems Engineer

About the Company

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 designed to provide critical power to hospitals, data centers, and remote sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and continuously improve design criteria, standards, and requirements for reactor core, structures, fluid systems, electronics, and shielding
• 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 through the design review process, verification testing, and part release
• Guide engineers through the Radiant design process to ensure design criteria are followed for manufacturing and test activities
• Collaborate with engineers throughout the entire design process to ensure design criteria are properly considered

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, systems, or related engineering
• 2+ years of experience in engineering design, analysis, or systems engineering
• Experience in manufacturing or production environments
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work 100% onsite in El Segundo, CA
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or Flow
• Strong understanding of the system design process including interface control and tradeoffs
• Familiarity with structural, thermal, and fluid systems
• 5+ years of professional experience in design, analysis, test, or manufacturing

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 8-weeks of paid parental leave
• Daily catered lunch, free snacks, and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy