Antares-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Los Angeles, CA
11-50 employees

At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We’re fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we’re building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space. The Electrical Engineering team at Antares is responsible for the design, build, test, installation, and operation of the hardware that monitors and controls the reactor, maintaining safe operating conditions, and shutting down the reactor in the (unlikely) event of a failure. The team is also responsible for turning the heat generated by the core into usable electricity for our customers. With our First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) reactor design underway, you will help establish our testing capabilities for our custom electronics.

  • Establish and lead a multidisciplinary electrical lab supporting Engineering Development Units (EDUs), demo rigs, prototypes, and integrated test articles.
  • Design and build panels and racks, fabricate harnesses and cable assemblies, and develop safe AC, DC, and high-voltage test benches.
  • Integrate sensors and DAQ systems, perform hands-on soldering and harnessing, standardize panel and rack designs, implement interlocks and lockout/tagout procedures.
  • Ensure professional lab operations through calibration, ESD control, inventory management, documentation, and clear work instructions.
  • Install industrial controls hardware in compliance with NFPA 70 (NEC) and NFPA 79 standards.
  • Wire and modify electrical control panels in accordance with UL 508A standards, ensuring layouts meet safety and serviceability requirements.
  • Author LOTO procedures, arc‑flash labels, and PPE selection for energized work, aligned with NFPA 70E.
  • Troubleshoot faulty instrumentation, harnesses, and general electrical systems to restore safe and reliable operation.
  • Maintain the electrical shop, including tools, consumables, calibration of equipment, and the controls hardware inventory.
  • Build, solder, crimp, and verify harnesses and cable assemblies to IPC/WHMA‑A‑620 and IPC‑A‑610 workmanship standards.
  • Design and operate modular AC/DC benches with protection, interlocks, and measurement capability.
  • Plan, construct, and operate EDUs, demonstration rigs, and prototype test articles, including bring‑up procedures and integrated instrumentation for data capture.
  • Program and configure industrial controls hardware such as VFDs, motor starters, PLCs, and electronic circuit breakers.
  • Review and redline drawings and technical documentation, and provide design feedback to the engineering team.
  • Use EPLAN to generate reports, bills of material, wire lists, and manufacturing data; manage schematic documentation.
  • Define and enforce panel/rack and harnessing standards to drive repeatability and serviceability.
  • Create, maintain, and update assigned tasks for documenting and reporting work in progress and completed activities.
  • Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineers to define interfaces, requirements, and integration plans for multidisciplinary test articles.
  • Ensure compliance with EMI/EMC, safety, environmental, and industry‑specific requirements in all test infrastructure and operations.
  • Mentor junior engineers and technicians, and lead small build/test teams to deliver milestones.
  • Prepare compliance doc sets for UL 508A panels and NEC wiring.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • 5+ years of work in a relevant field (manufacturing/test/R&D).
  • 4+ years working on electrical control systems.
  • Hands‑on panel/rack wiring and harness fabrication (crimping/soldering, continuity/hipot testing).
  • Experience with AC (single/three‑phase), DC, and safe HV bring‑up in a lab/test environment.
  • Experience with electrical troubleshooting.
  • Experience with schematic comprehension.
  • Demonstrated prior experience working with complex systems including cryogenic propellants, high pressure gas systems, hydraulics and/or combustion devices.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of components (valves, regulators, sensors, power supplies) and hands‑on skills (tube fabrication, metalworking, wiring).
  • Demonstrated hardware testing experience with rocket engines, or spacecraft.
  • Experience in a startup or agile development environment.
  • UL 508A industrial control panel design/build; NEC/NFPA 79 familiarity.
  • EPLAN or similar ECAD (e.g., AutoCAD Electrical); ability to generate BoMs/wire lists.
  • PLC/VFD (Allen‑Bradley/Siemens), DAQ (NI cDAQ/cRIO or similar), instrumentation & signal conditioning.
  • EMI/EMC test awareness and grounding/shielding best practices.
  • Ability to create work instructions, calibration plans, and lab safety SOPs (LOTO/ESD).
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