Electrical Engineer

Forge Atomics Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Forge Atomics is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, test, and integrate the electrical systems that monitor and control the Ember reactor.

You will contribute across the full hardware stack, from sensor interfaces to actuator drives, while working with a nimble, entrepreneurial team to deliver safe, cost‑effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 1+ years of engineering experience designing, analyzing, and building electrical hardware (internship and school projects experience qualify)

Responsibilities

• Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics and electrical systems for our reactor.
• Drive electrical architecture, specification, and communication protocols.
• Collaborate with peers from different systems to balance cost, efficiency, and deployment logistics.
• Run make vs. buy trades for the critical electrical systems of the reactor, including instrumentation and sensing systems and actuators such as control rod drive mechanisms.
• Design plant electrical systems to meet regulatory requirements and safety standards while achieving cost and schedule reductions.
• Apply first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to iterate on designs.
• Support assembly of hardware in the factory and witness designs come to life.

Skills

Electrical design

Hardware engineering

Collaborative skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Forge Atomics

Humanity faces two critical challenges: securing reliable energy and aggressively lowering our environmental impact. At Forge, we believe nuclear fission is the key to solving both at once. Today Forge is developing the technology to rapidly scale the deployment of nuclear fission.

Electrical Engineer

As an electrical engineer at Forge, you'll be responsible for the electrical systems that monitor, control, and harness the power of Ember, our 25 MWe nuclear reactor. Electrical engineers at Forge serve as hardware experts across a tremendous range of power levels - from the milliwatt level output of flux sensors in the core to the megawatt level output of the turbine system. If designing actuators to manipulate control rods in a nuclear reactor core, building the sensing and instrumentation suite to measure neutron flux, and monitoring and controlling temperatures and pressures in a grid‑scale steam turbine get you fired up, this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics and electrical systems for our reactor

• Drive electrical architecture, specification, and communication protocols

• Collaborate with peers from different systems to develop designs that balance cost, efficiency, and deployment logistics

• Run make vs. buy trades for the critical electrical systems of the reactor, including instrumentation and sensing systems and actuators such as control rod drive mechanisms

• Design plant electrical systems to meet regulatory requirements and safety standards while still achieving radical cost and schedule reductions

• Apply first‑order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate on your designs rapidly

• Support the assembly of your hardware in the factory, witness your designs being brought to life daily, and watch them power an abundant, clean future

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline

• 1+ years of engineering experience designing, analyzing, and building electrical hardware (internship and school projects experience qualify)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for problem solving, and desire to enable abundant clean energy

• Experience leading or working on an engineering competition team, i.e. Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Solar Car, Rocketry, Cubesat, or similar

• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information

• Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints

• Demonstrated excellence designing, validating, and deploying complex electrical systems

• Experience with signal conditioning interfaces for sensors such as pressure transducers, thermocouples. Experience with neutron flux sensors and gamma flux sensors preferred.

• Experience with electromechanical systems, actuators, and motors

• Experience designing high reliability electrical harnessing

Additional Requirements

• Position will be based in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County and will require relocation if not already local. The location will be full‑time in the office.

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

• Ability to travel to reactor construction sites in other states as necessary

Compensation and Benefits

Pay range:

• Level I: $115,000.00 - $130,000.00/per year

• Level II: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job‑related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Forge. You may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of company stock or stock options, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, paid vacation, paid parental leave, and various other perks. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

Forge is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Forge is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.