Senior Electrical Engineer (Integration & Test)

Radiant; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Medical coverage

Flexible PTO

Vision coverage

Voluntary benefits

Dental coverage

Headquarters in El Segundo

Team outings

Job summary

Radiant in El Segundo seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, build, and maintenance of the electrical test infrastructure for Kaleidos, Radiant’s commercial microreactor unit slated for deployment in 2028. You will own test benches, HIL systems, and electrical integration across power, sensors, and actuators, shaping the validation strategy and tooling.

This role drives cross-functional collaboration and rigorous testing.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required.
• 5+ years hands-on electrical engineering experience including hardware design, integration, and test.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills in electrical and software domains.
• Experience owning and building electrical test infrastructure and test benches.
• Experience with data acquisition, test execution, and validation frameworks.
• Familiarity with real-time simulation systems and FPGA-based hardware.
• Ability to define electrical and software integration requirements spanning power distribution, signal conditioning, and device simulation.
• Comfortable leading design reviews and communicating technical decisions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and maintenance of electrical test infrastructure and test benches.
• Own the electrical validation strategy, develop and execute test procedures.
• Define integration requirements across hardware, control systems, and software interfaces.
• Assemble, debug, and troubleshoot electrical test hardware and harnesses.
• Execute tests, collect data, and analyze results across multiple environments.
• Drive optimization of test/validation processes and tooling improvements.
• Lead design reviews and communicate decisions to cross-functional teams.

Skills

Electrical debugging

Software debugging

Test infrastructure

Data acquisition

Real-time simulations

Control fundamentals

Test environments

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

dSpace

NI PXI

Speedgoat

Job description

• Radiant is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, build, and maintenance of Radiant’s electrical test infrastructure for Kaleidos, Radiant’s commercial microreactor unit targeted for deployment in 2028


• You will take ownership of test infrastructure development, including HIL systems and other electrical test platforms, while driving integration and validation across critical systems


• You will have the opportunity to shape the electrical test infrastructure supporting the first high-temperature gas-cooled portable microreactor ever to be commercialized


• Own the design, build, and maintenance of electrical test infrastructure, including test benches and other test platforms as the program evolves


• Define electrical and software integration requirements spanning power distribution, signal conditioning, sensor mapping, actuator interfaces, and device simulation


• Own communication and integration between hardware, control systems, and software interfaces


• Lead the electrical validation strategy; develop, execute, and iterate on test procedures and methodologies


• Assemble, debug, and troubleshoot electrical test hardware and harnesses with minimal guidance


• Execute test procedures, collect data, and lead analysis across multiple test environments


• Drive optimization of test and validation processes and lead improvements in tooling and automation


• Lead design reviews and communicate technical decisions to cross-functional stakeholders

Benefits

• Equity: Substantial incentive stock plan for all salaried employees


• Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans


• Flexible PTO policy


• Vision: 100% coverage + 50% for dependents


• Voluntary Life, Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness, Commuter and FSA are offered as employee contributed benefits


• Dental: 100% coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependent


• Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean


• Team-bonding company outings, happy hours and in-person camaraderie

This role is ideal for an experienced electrical engineer with deep hands-on expertise in test infrastructure who is ready to own technical decisions across electrical integration, validation strategy, and test environment development

• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field


• Strong electrical and software debugging and troubleshooting skills


• Proficiency with DAQ and test platforms such as dSpace, NI PXI, Speedgoat, or similar


• 5+ years of hands-on experience in electrical engineering, including hardware design, integration, and test


• Demonstrated experience owning and building electrical test infrastructure


• Hands-on experience with data acquisition, test execution, and validation frameworks


• Experience with real-time simulation systems and FPGA-based hardware


• Strong understanding of control fundamentals and software testing processes


• Experience with trace capture tools or data acquisition and analysis tools


• Background in high-reliability, safety-critical, or regulated industry environments (aerospace, defense, nuclear, medical, or automotive)


• Comfortable owning multiple test environments and defining new test infrastructure as program needs evolve