Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls

Decisive Point; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Lunch provided

Flexible PTO

Onsite HQ near ocean

Job summary

Radiant in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls to own designs from requirements capture to operation for nuclear microreactor control and measurement systems. You’ll work across hardware, interfaces, and fault-tolerant assemblies with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety and reliability.

The role emphasizes developing electrical control hardware, performing SCCR/Arc Flash assessments, and ensuring compliance with NFPA/NEC standards in a fast-moving, innovative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing electrical hardware.
• Experience designing fault-tolerant and safety-critical hardware.
• Experience with Ethernet, EtherCAT, Modbus, CANbus, RS-422 or other protocols.
• Experience selecting sensors (pressure transducers, RTDs, thermocouples, speed/position, MEMS).
• Experience using AutoCAD Electrical or Zuken for schematic/wiring design.
• Experience with industrial power systems (120/208/480 VAC) and safety practices.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Experience specifying and integrating VFDs, soft starters, MCCs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support architecture, design, implementation, and testing of microreactor electrical control systems.
• Design and develop industrial electrical control hardware including schematics, wiring diagrams, harnessing, and integration assemblies.
• Lead design of fault-tolerant and safety-critical electrical systems, emphasizing reliability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and review electrical interface designs between control systems, power equipment, and instrumentation.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable electrical codes and safety standards including NFPA and NEC requirements.
• Perform SCCR and Arc Flash calculations.

Skills

Electrical design

Fault-tolerant hardware

Control systems

SCCR/Arc Flash calculations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

Zuken

Siemens NX

Job description

About Radiant

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world’s first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. Rising energy demand is straining the U.S. grid and driving up utility costs, emissions, and interconnection backlogs. Radiant decentralizes energy, producing power close to where it’s used. Its first reactor, Kaleidos, is a factory-built, 1-megawatt, fail-safe microreactor that can be transported by land, sea, or air and runs up to 5 years without refueling. Deployed locally without a decade-long build or permitting fight, Kaleidos provides independent power for critical infrastructure like military bases, data centers, hospitals, and remote sites. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and has pre-order agreements with Equinix, with deployments beginning in 2028.

About the Role

Radiant is seeking a talented Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls to own designs from requirements capture through operation. The candidate will be directly responsible for components of the nuclear microreactor control and measurement systems. The ideal candidate should be comfortable jumping from designing circuit boards to integration work interfacing with fault-tolerant, off-the-shelf hardware. This role requires collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams designing the nuclear reactor core, fluid heat transfer systems, and structures.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support the architecture, design, implementation, and testing of the microreactor electrical control systems.
• Design and develop industrial electrical control hardware including schematics, wiring diagrams, harnessing, and integration assemblies.
• Lead design of fault-tolerant and safety-critical electrical systems, emphasizing reliability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and review electrical interface designs between control systems, power equipment, and instrumentation.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable electrical codes and safety standards including NFPA and NEC requirements.
• Perform SCCR and Arc Flash calculations.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing electrical hardware.
• Experience designing fault-tolerant and safety critical hardware.
• Experience with Ethernet, EtherCAT, Modbus, CANbus, RS-422, or other communications protocols.
• Experience selecting, integrating, and troubleshooting sensors including pressure transducers, RTDs, thermocouples, shaft speed and position sensors, IEPE vibration sensors, and MEMS-based sensors.
• Experience using electrical design software such as AutoCAD Electrical, Zuken, or similar schematic and wiring design tools.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and working safely with industrial power systems including 120 VAC, 208 VAC, and 480 VAC equipment, including applicable electrical safety practices.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Experience specifying and integrating Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), soft starters, and motor control centers (MCCs).

Desired Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in electrical architecture make vs. buy trades.
• Experience with Siemens NX.
• Experience with PLCs, Twincat, structured text programming.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and testing.
• Experience with Python, C/C++, or scripting languages for test automation, data acquisition, or diagnostics.
• Experience supporting nuclear instrumentation systems.
• Experience with FMEAs and hazard analysis.
• Experience with industrial network architecture and deterministic control networks.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish our mission.
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ.

Benefits and Perks

• Stock: 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.
• Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.
• Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.
• Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and in-person camaraderie.
• Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean.

Total Compensation and Benefits

Radiant compensates people for impact and invests in those who continue to raise the bar. Radiant’s new hire compensation package includes base salary, substantial equity grants, and comprehensive health benefits. Total compensation and level are determined through a rigorous evaluation of interview performance, experience, education, and qualifications, and are designed to support continued growth as scope, responsibility, and impact expand at Radiant.

The best of today’s advanced reactor builders don’t wait for job postings. They join the winning team.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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.