Principal Thermal CFD Lead – Nuclear Microreactors (Onsite)

Radiant Industries; El Segundo (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Stock options

Medical plan—Silver to Platinum

One Medical memberships

Vision plan

Dental plan

Paid parental leave

Educational program with Penn State

Daily catered lunch

Flexible PTO

Team events

Onsite HQ near ocean

Descripción de la vacante

Radiant is pursuing a Principal Thermal Modeling Analyst to set the direction for thermal and fluid simulations of the Kaleidos microreactor. You will lead high-stakes analyses, define methods, and mentor engineers while influencing decisions across reactor systems and cooling.

You will architect automated workflows, advance reduced-order methods, and collaborate with design and test teams to ensure robust, validated results for commercialization milestones.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a similar field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience with leadership on complex programs.
• Extensive experience with STAR-CCM+ and Ansys Fluent; advanced turbulence and conjugate heat transfer.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as technical authority for thermal CFD/FEA modeling of Kaleidos reactor systems.
• Define modeling strategy and best practices for turbulent flow and heat transfer across teams.
• Lead model verification/validation, correlating with test data and setting uncertainty bounds.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Model validation with test data

Mentor engineers

Communication with leadership

Numerical methods in CFD

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/physics

Herramientas

STAR-CCM+

Ansys Fluent

Siemens NX

Descripción del empleo

Radiant is pursuing a Principal Thermal Modeling Analyst to set the direction for thermal and fluid simulations of the Kaleidos microreactor. You will lead high-stakes analyses, define methods, and mentor engineers while influencing decisions across reactor systems and cooling.

You will architect automated workflows, advance reduced-order methods, and collaborate with design and test teams to ensure robust, validated results for commercialization milestones.