Senior Electrical Engineer, Integration & Test at Radiant in El Segundo, CA

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 Senior Electrical Engineer, HIL to lead the design, build, and maintenance of Radiant’s electrical test infrastructure for Kaleidos, our commercial microreactor targeted for deployment in 2028. You will own test infrastructure development, including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems and other electrical test platforms, and drive integration and validation across critical systems. This role suits an experienced electrical engineer with deep hands-on test-infrastructure expertise, ready to own technical decisions across electrical integration, validation strategy, and test-environment development. You will shape the electrical test infrastructure supporting the first commercialized high-temperature gas-cooled portable microreactor. Responsibilities and Duties: • Build the HIL platform from the ground up: plant simulation, real hardware-in-the-loop, and the test environment Kaleidos ultimately ships from. • Own the design, build, and maintenance of electrical test infrastructure, including test benches and new test platforms as the program scales. • Define electrical and software integration requirements across power distribution, signal conditioning, sensor mapping, actuator interfaces, and device simulation. • Own the communication layer between hardware, control systems, and software, including protocol selection, timing, and boundary fault behavior. • Lead the electrical validation strategy, developing and iterating the test procedures the program depends on rather than executing someone else’s. • Assemble, debug, and troubleshoot test hardware and harnesses hands-on, with minimal guidance. • Execute test procedures, collect data, and lead analysis across multiple test environments. • Drive automation and tooling improvements, with real influence over how the team tests. • Lead design reviews and carry technical decisions to cross-functional stakeholders. Required Qualifications & Skills: • BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field. • 5+ years of hands-on experience in electrical engineering, including hardware design, integration, and test. • 3+ years developing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems, including signal conditioning, DAQ/IO interfaces, and fixtures for validating embedded controls • Demonstrated experience owning and building electrical test infrastructure. • Proficiency with DAQ and test platforms such as dSpace, NI PXI, Speedgoat, or similar. • Hands-on experience with data acquisition, test execution, and validation frameworks. • Strong electrical and software debugging and troubleshooting skills. • Background in high-reliability, safety-critical, or regulated industry environments (aerospace, defense, nuclear, medical, or automotive). Desired Qualifications & Skills: • 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. • Comfortable owning multiple test environments and defining new test infrastructure as program needs evolve. Additional Requirements: