Senior Electrical Engineer — Nuclear I&C for Microreactors

53 Stations; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Antares is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to contribute to architecture, design, testing, and integration of instrumentation and control and power distribution systems for advanced nuclear microreactors. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements, including DOE and NRC licensing.

The role involves hands-on electrical design, hardware development, and documentation preparation across multiple applications while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience designing, developing, integrating, or testing electrical systems and hardware.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Strong grasp of DC/AC circuits, impedance, and transient behavior.
• Ability to create, read, and review electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Familiarity with electrical design, simulation, or PCB layout tools such as SPICE-based simulators and layout review tools.
• Hands-on experience with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, signal generators).
• Ability to assess failure modes and safe states in electrical/control systems.
• Comfort working in fast-paced hardware development environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical systems for reactor instrumentation, control, and power distribution from concept to implementation.
• Develop schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface definitions for sensors and control hardware.
• Review schematics, wiring diagrams, harnesses, and control panel designs.
• Participate in design reviews ensuring electrical/I&C sections are sound and traceable.
• Assist with hazard analysis identifying failure modes and mitigations.
• Support test activities including bench testing and HIL/HITL integration campaigns.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, software, and licensing teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SPICE-based tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout tools

Job description

Antares is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to contribute to architecture, design, testing, and integration of instrumentation and control and power distribution systems for advanced nuclear microreactors. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements, including DOE and NRC licensing.

The role involves hands-on electrical design, hardware development, and documentation preparation across multiple applications while