Valar Atomics
Director, Nuclear Instrumentation & Electronics
$225K–$300K
Torrance, California, United States · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, or high-reliability electronics design and manufacturing, including 5+ years leading engineering or product teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Engineering Physics, or a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder). Candidates must be eligible to access technology controlled under U.S. export control regulations, including 10 CFR Part 810.
About the job
Build and lead the organization that designs, qualifies, manufactures, and supports nuclear instrumentation and electronics for reactor production.
What you'll do
- Lead the organization and define its product roadmap, technical standards, staffing, and budget.
- Own design, qualification, and production of neutron detectors, radiation monitors, signal-processing electronics, and related hardware.
- Scale manufacturing and quality programs, manage supply chains, and support field operations and regulatory interactions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Engineering Physics, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years leading engineering or product teams.
- Deep radiation-detection knowledge and hands-on analog and mixed-signal electronics experience.
- Experience taking hardware through qualification into production, and operating under a formal quality program in a regulated industry.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in a related field focused on radiation detection or instrumentation; PE license or eligibility.
- Relevant experience with nuclear instrumentation hardware, safety-related programs, FPGA or digital signal processing, materials licensing, or scaling manufacturing.
Pay
$225,000 — $300,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
IEEE 323, IEEE 344, Reg Guide 1.180, IEEE 603, IEEE 7-4.3.2, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, NQA-1, FPGA
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