Staff-Principal Reliability Engineer

Antares
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 175,000 - 250,000 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Risk management","Analytical thinking"]

Own quantitative reliability engineering for the Antares R1 microreactor, building and maintaining models for reliability, availability, and capacity factor. Establish reliability targets and translate system goals into component requirements across mechanical, electrical, controls, and balance-of-plant. Develop reliability block diagrams, fault trees, and FMEA/FMECA, perform sensitivity/uncertainty analysis, update predictions with test and operational data, and guide risk-focused design improvements.

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Staff-Principal Reliability Engineer

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Job Summary

Own quantitative reliability engineering for the Antares R1 microreactor, building and maintaining models for reliability, availability, and capacity factor. Establish reliability targets and translate system goals into component requirements across mechanical, electrical, controls, and balance-of-plant. Develop reliability block diagrams, fault trees, and FMEA/FMECA, perform sensitivity/uncertainty analysis, update predictions with test and operational data, and guide risk-focused design improvements.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own quantitative reliability analysis and maintain reactor and plant level reliability, availability, and capacity factor models for the Antares R1 microreactor.
  • •Establish reliability targets for reactor systems, subsystems, and critical components and translate plant-level goals into measurable component reliability requirements.
  • •Develop and maintain reliability block diagrams, fault trees, failure mode analyses, and other quantitative models to assess how failures impact performance and availability.
  • •Calculate and track reliability metrics (failure rates, MTBF/MTTR, availability, probability of mission success, component life) and identify the components/failure modes driving downtime risk.
  • •Partner with engineering teams to evaluate design alternatives and trades, perform sensitivity/uncertainty analyses, update models with test/operational/manufacturing data, and support reliability growth and reliability demonstration strategies.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 175,000 - 250,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in engineering, applied mathematics, physics, statistics, or a related technical field.
  • •8+ years of experience in reliability, root cause analysis, failure analysis, statistical analysis, or similar quantitative work on complex hardware systems.
  • •Working knowledge of statistics, probability, failure modes, and reliability engineering fundamentals.
  • •Ability to understand mechanical and electrical systems well enough to evaluate likely failure mechanisms and reliability risks.
  • •Ability to analyze technical data, develop quantitative conclusions, and communicate recommendations to engineering teams.
Experience:8+ yearsNuclearAerospaceSpaceAutomotiveEnergyDefenseSafety-critical hardware
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationRisk managementAnalytical thinking
Tech Stack:PythonMATLABOctaveRMinitabSASNCSSWeibull analysisProbabilistic risk assessment (PRA)FMEAFMECAReliability block diagramsFault treesMTBFMTTR

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Antares
Designs and builds compact nuclear microreactors for remote, defense, industrial and space applications, focusing on transportable, low-footprint reactors and associated fuel and manufacturing capabilities.
Industry: Nuclear Energy
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
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