Senior Thermal Modeling Lead Onsite CFD/FEA Microreactor

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

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Stock: Incentive equity plan

Medical: comprehensive health coverage

One Medical memberships

Vision and dental plans

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO and remote workday

Descripción de la vacante

Radiant in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Principal Thermal Modeling Analyst to lead CFD and thermal FEA for the Kaleidos microreactor. You will define methods, validation strategy, and mentor engineers while partnering with design and test teams.

This role requires deep expertise in turbulence, heat transfer, multi-physics, and automated workflows; you will influence reactor, cooling, and shielding decisions and help drive commercialization.

Formación

• 10+ years of industry experience with leadership on complex programs.
• Extensive experience with STAR-CCM+ or ANSYS Fluent and advanced turbulence modeling.
• Mastery of finite element and CFD with validation against data.
• Proficiency with CAD software Siemens NX.
• Experience building automated simulation workflows.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as technical authority for thermal CFD/thermal FEA modeling of Kaleidos.
• Define modeling strategy and drive adoption across the team.
• Lead model verification/validation and establish uncertainty bounds.
• Architect automated simulation workflows and tooling.
• Mentor engineers and influence design decisions.

Conocimientos

CFD expertise

Thermal FEA

Leadership

Mentoring

Scripting

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering/physics

MS/PhD preferred

Herramientas

STAR-CCM+

ANSYS Fluent

Siemens NX

Descripción del empleo

Radiant in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Principal Thermal Modeling Analyst to lead CFD and thermal FEA for the Kaleidos microreactor. You will define methods, validation strategy, and mentor engineers while partnering with design and test teams.

This role requires deep expertise in turbulence, heat transfer, multi-physics, and automated workflows; you will influence reactor, cooling, and shielding decisions and help drive commercialization.