About the job
About Us
At Antares, we are driven by a visionary mission: to revolutionize clean energy accessibility, extending from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We firmly believe that advanced nuclear energy can bolster our military capabilities, tackle the climate crisis, enhance global living standards, and expand humanity's footprint in outer space. Our innovative approach involves the development of mass-producible, inherently safe, and deployable microreactors suitable for terrestrial, underwater, and extraterrestrial applications.
Founded in 2023, our team comprises experts from esteemed organizations like SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, the Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and leading National Laboratories such as Los Alamos, Idaho, and Oak Ridge. We have successfully raised over $130 million in venture capital from prestigious investors, complemented by more than $13 million in government funding.
About the Role
As the Responsible Engineer for Reactivity Controls in the Mechanical domain, you will spearhead the design, development, testing, and validation of mechanical systems that regulate reactor reactivity, ensuring safe operational standards. You will architect and create mechanical systems that seamlessly integrate with electrical and software subsystems, fostering close collaboration across disciplines to define system architecture, requirements, and thorough documentation.
The ideal candidate will possess a proven history in crafting precision control mechanisms, with a preference for expertise in robotics or electromechanical systems. Additionally, you will engage in system-level architectural trade studies and assist in the evaluation and selection of key vendors.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Design, fabricate, and test the reactor's control mechanisms, hardware, and assemblies.
Conceptualize and develop bespoke actuation solutions, encompassing mechanisms, linkages, interfaces, and instrumentation.
Establish design criteria, requirements, system architecture, and verification/validation test plans.
Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams across thermal, structural, neutronics, controls, and simulation disciplines.
Engineer components capable of withstanding high-temperature, high-stress, and radiation environments utilizing metals, ceramics, and other advanced materials.
Conduct design-for-manufacturability (DFM) assessments and navigate trade-offs among performance, cost, schedule, and risk.