Antares Nuclear
Senior-Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Assembly & Integration
$140K–$225K
Los Angeles · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years required; 5+ years preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace, Nuclear, or a related engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Leads manufacturing process development and on-site assembly, inspection, testing, and integration of Antares’ R1 nuclear reactor, from engineering release through production.
What you'll do
- Develop assembly processes, process documentation, shop-floor layouts, tooling, fixtures, and specialized equipment.
- Collaborate across engineering, quality, supply chain, test, and operations; troubleshoot production issues and improve processes with shop-floor teams.
- Support build and production readiness reviews, maintain manufacturing bills of material and controlled documentation, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering discipline.
- 2+ years developing and implementing manufacturing processes for complex hardware.
- Experience taking hardware from design through prototype, development, qualification, and production.
- Experience creating manufacturing documentation and applying GD&T, tolerance analysis, configuration management, and DFM/DFA principles.
Nice to have
- Experience with aerospace or nuclear components and nuclear quality requirements such as ASME Section III or NQA-1.
- Experience with process qualification, PFMEA, statistical process control, production transitions, or manufacturing systems.
Pay
$140,000-$190,000 (base salary, Senior Manufacturing Engineer); $170,000-$225,000 (base salary, Staff Manufacturing Engineer)
Tools
GD&T, ASME Section III, NQA-1, PFMEA, ERP/MRP systems, PLM systems
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