Antares Nuclear
Tooling Design Engineer II-Senior
$115K–$190K
Los Angeles · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; no stated alternative.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Designs and owns tooling and ground support equipment across the manufacturing, testing, transport, deployment, servicing, and decommissioning lifecycle of Antares R1 microreactors.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain tooling designs, drawings, bills of material, specifications, and operating documentation.
- Work hands-on with fabrication teams, suppliers, technicians, and operators to build, commission, troubleshoot, and improve equipment.
- Create safe handling, test, transport, installation, maintenance, and decommissioning solutions for reactor hardware.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of experience designing mechanical hardware, tooling, fixtures, ground support equipment, manufacturing equipment, or similar systems.
- Strong 3D CAD skills and experience creating production-quality engineering drawings.
- Experience taking mechanical designs from concept through fabrication, assembly, and implementation, and designing for manufacturing, test, installation, maintenance, or field operations.
Nice to have
- Siemens NX proficiency.
- Experience with ground support, lifting and handling, test, deployment, or other specialized tooling for aerospace, nuclear, defense, automotive, heavy industrial, or similar hardware.
Pay
$115,000-$150,000 USD base salary (Tooling Design Engineer II); $140,000-$190,000 USD base salary (Senior Tooling Design Engineer)
Tools
Siemens NX
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