Radiant
Staff Loads & Dynamics Engineer
$162K–$229K
El Segundo, CA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Any job offer is contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.
About the job
Owns structural loads, vibration, and dynamic analyses for Radiant’s microreactor and supporting hardware across manufacturing, transport, deployment, and operation.
What you'll do
- Develop loads and environments, and perform structural dynamics and transient analyses for reactor systems and transport configurations.
- Conduct finite element analyses, support testing and correlation, and inform hardware design and verification.
- Document analyses, support failure investigations, and establish loads and dynamics practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in loads, dynamics, or structural analysis for complex mechanical systems.
- Strong fundamentals in structural mechanics, dynamics, and vibration; experience analyzing metallic and composite structures.
- Proficiency with industry-standard FEA tools; familiarity with design allowables, safety factors, and margin-of-safety methodologies.
Nice to have
- Experience in aerospace, launch, defense, nuclear, or heavy industrial hardware environments.
- Dynamics modeling software experience, shock and vibration testing, or test-article correlation.
Pay
$162.5K – $228.8K USD (base salary; posting labels this “Compensation” and does not specify whether it is base salary or total pay).
Tools
ANSYS, Abaqus, Nastran, LD-Dyna
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