Aalo Atomics
Manufacturing Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 8, 2026
- Experience
- 1–3 years of manufacturing engineering, fabrication, or shop experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field, OR equivalent hands-on manufacturing/technician experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons in compliance with 10 CFR Part 810 and may not hold non-compliant foreign citizenships.
About the job
Build and improve fuel-handling hardware for a sodium-cooled microreactor, taking mechanical parts from drawings through fabrication, inspection, and testing.
What you'll do
- Own producibility of assigned subassemblies and develop work instructions, fixtures, and tooling for repeatable builds.
- Work hands-on with factory teams to build, modify, and rework hardware; resolve fabrication issues and support inspection.
- Coordinate external vendors, maintain as-built and inspection records, and support occasional installation and commissioning travel to Idaho.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field, OR equivalent hands-on manufacturing/technician experience.
- 1–3 years of manufacturing engineering, fabrication, or shop experience.
- Hands-on skills in at least one of welding, machining, sheet metal, assembly, or inspection.
- Comfortable reading mechanical drawings, GD&T callouts, and weld symbols.
Nice to have
- Stainless steel TIG welding; CNC machining or CNC programming; sheet metal forming, bending, or press brake experience.
- Metrology tools, hands-on projects, shop background, or experience in nuclear, aerospace, semiconductor, or other high-reliability industries.
Tools
GD&T, CMM, calipers, micrometers, optical comparators, laser trackers, CNC
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