Antares Nuclear
Senior Mission Engineer
$140K–$190K
Los Angeles · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, physics, or applied science.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Leads customer-facing microreactor mission programs, integrating Antares systems into operational environments from concept through end of life.
What you'll do
- Own customer program execution, including cost, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, milestones, and deliverables.
- Translate customer needs into mission requirements, interfaces, operational concepts, system integration, and product priorities.
- Perform or coordinate first-principles analyses, trade studies, and technical work to resolve cross-disciplinary gaps.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or applied science.
- 5+ years developing or delivering technically complex systems in a mission- or safety-critical environment, with ownership of multidisciplinary technical problems and program cost/schedule/technical performance.
- Exceptional technical writing and communication skills for clear customer-facing deliverables.
- Ability to travel to customer and mission-relevant locations as needed.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering field.
- Python proficiency for numerical/multiphysics work; familiarity with Git and CI/CD.
Pay
$145,000 - $185,000 USD base salary; $140K – $190K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Git, CI/CD
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