Senior Structural Engineer, Concrete

The role

This person will design and develop critical concrete and precast structural systems for manufacturing and deployment sites. They will perform structural analysis, trade studies, and material selection for structures facing extreme thermal and seismic environments.

What you will do

• Ownership of critical concrete structures such as spent fuel dry cask storage systems, factory and facility foundations, and precast concrete elements.
• Conduct trade studies and develop designs for static, thermal, and seismic loading conditions.
• Perform detailed structural analysis and dynamic analysis using hand calculations and finite element tools.
• Develop and execute construction, fabrication, and test plans for precast and cast-in-place concrete elements.
• Create and manage a Bill-of-Materials (BOM).
• Find and develop suppliers and fabricators for precast concrete components.
• Own subassembly/structure design, fabrication, and test schedules.
• Own risk analysis (FMEA) for concrete structural subsystems.
• Collect requirements and provide expertise to engineers in other functional areas.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Civil, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience designing concrete or reinforced concrete structures.
• 4+ years of experience performing structural analysis using both hand calculations and finite element tools (Abaqus, Ansys, SAP2000, or similar).
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ.

Nice to have

• Active PE license
• Experience with reinforced concrete design codes (ACI 318 or similar)
• Experience designing precast concrete systems, including handling, transport, and erection considerations
• Experience with dry cask storage design or spent nuclear fuel storage systems
• Experience with seismic design/qualification of concrete structures
• Experience with nuclear or other critical-facility structural design
• Experience designing hardware/structures that were fabricated, deployed, and iteratively improved
• Experience resolving thermal expansion and thermal gradient issues in concrete designs
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams (mechanical, civil, geotechnical)
• Solid understanding and application of GD&T and construction tolerancing

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 made 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 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.