Lead, Fluid Systems Engineering

The role

You will build and lead a team of fluid systems engineers to own critical Kaleidos fluid systems from preliminary design through build and production. You will set technical direction, perform complex thermal and fluids analysis, and manage subsystem design, manufacturing, and test schedules.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of fluid systems engineers
• Recruit and hire top engineering talent
• Own team planning, prioritization, and resourcing
• Partner with leadership and other functional areas to align priorities
• Own the architecture and end-to-end engineering of fluid systems and components
• Perform complex thermal and fluids analysis using hand calculations and finite element tools
• Lead trade studies to optimize the system
• Establish and review manufacturing/assembly instructions, test plans, and BOM management
• Drive supplier identification, selection, and development
• Own subsystem risk analysis (FMEA) and ensure rigorous design reviews

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Mechanical, Materials, Aeronautical, Civil, or Structural Engineering
• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and testing fluid systems
• Demonstrated technical leadership at a senior or staff level
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Experience with fluid system architecture design
• Proficient knowledge of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics
• Proficient knowledge of heat exchanger design and analysis methods

Nice to have

• Prior experience managing engineers, including hiring and performance feedback
• Knowledge of thermodynamic power cycles
• Experience designing piping systems for thermal growth using hand calculations and FEA tools
• Experience with process piping design and testing codes, such as ASME B31.3 and ASME PCC-2
• Experience with fluid system modeling via MATLAB/Python
• Experience with design for manufacturability and ramping up hardware builds in a production environment
• Experience designing and operating test stands
• Extreme ownership of work and a high degree of responsibility
• Excellent communication across multidisciplinary teams

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
• 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.