Manager of Quality Control

The role

You will build and lead the Quality Control organization, including inspection, nonconformance control, and metrology operations. You will develop teams, establish measurement capabilities, and help design and launch a future inspection facility.

What you will do

• Build and lead the Quality Control organization by developing people, technical competencies, and operating structure.
• Own end-to-end inspection execution across receiving, in-process, and final inspection.
• Develop scalable inspection strategies for hardware conformity and configuration verification.
• Lead nonconforming material control including identification, containment, and documentation.
• Establish and advance metrology and calibration capabilities.
• Build future inspection infrastructure and help plan, equip, and operationalize a next-generation inspection facility.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to integrate quality verification into processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in inspection efficiency, nonconformance control, and digital quality systems.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Quality Control, inspection, metrology, or manufacturing quality within a precision hardware environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and building inspection capabilities.
• Strong technical knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and precision measurement technologies.
• Hands-on experience with inspection planning, nonconformance control, metrology, and calibration management.
• Proven ability to solve technical and operational challenges and collaborate across functions.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
• Must work 100% onsite at Radiant’s El Segundo headquarters.

Nice to have

• Experience building or scaling inspection organizations, metrology capabilities, or inspection facilities.
• Experience introducing and operating advanced inspection technologies, automation, or digital quality systems.
• Experience transitioning complex hardware from development into repeatable production.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, NQA-1, ASME, ISO/IEC 17025, or other applicable quality standards.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, nuclear, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments, particularly within a startup or scaling organization.

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 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.
• Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University for eligible employees.
• Daily catered lunch.
• Free snacks and drinks.
• Flexible PTO policy.

Before you apply

• Any job offer will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

About the company

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force.