Lead Reactor Operations Engineer

The role

You will direct a team providing operational insights to ensure Kaleidos development meets requirements for safe and reliable reactor operations. You will oversee reactor operating interfaces, conduct of operations, and procedures while qualifying as a Kaleidos Reactor Operator.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Reactor Operations Engineers
• Qualify as an operator to gain firsthand experience
• Establish conduct of operations and fleet monitoring processes
• Support development of control algorithms for semi-autonomous and/or manual operations
• Support evaluation of integrated plant response to events, accidents, and malfunctions
• Participate in design reviews and provide feedback from operations and maintenance perspective
• Ensure team deliverables meet DOE and NRC standards
• Recruit, hire, and develop engineering talent

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of full-time professional engineering experience, including system design, analysis, or testing
• 2+ years in a formal or informal technical leadership role
• Familiarity with the interrelationships and dependencies of reactor systems including nuclear, mechanical, I&C and electrical systems
• Licensed as Senior Reactor Operator or Naval equivalent
• Ability to apply first principles thinking to solve problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Background in highly regulated industries such as nuclear, aerospace, aviation, or maritime
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop technical teams

Nice to have

• Prior experience working as an operator in nuclear environments
• 3+ years of full-time nuclear operations experience
• Licensed as Senior Reactor Operator or Naval equivalent
• Hands-on experience in developing technical procedures, human factors engineering, or operational interface design
• Prior operations background such as mission control room operator

Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees
• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents
• One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents
• Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents
• Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents
• Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA 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
• Daily catered lunch
• Free snacks and drinks
• Flexible PTO policy

Before you apply

• Job offer contingent upon capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls

About the company

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