Hiring: Loads & Dynamics Engineer Company: Radiant Location: El Segundo, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:07:30 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : HBase, Rails, SAFe, TestNG About the job Experience: •5 years without refueling. Portable nuclear power with rapid-deploy capability can replace similar-sized diesel generators and provide critical asset support for hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases. Radiant’s unique, practical approach to nuclear development leverages modern software engineering to rapidly deliver safe, factory-built microreactors that use existing, well-qualified materials. Founded in 2020, Radiant is on track to test its first reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory this summer, with initial customer deliveries beginning in 2028. •2+ years of experience in loads, dynamics, or structural analysis for complex mechanical systems. Required Skills: •Radiant is seeking a •Loads & Dynamics Engineer •to own and execute structural loads, vibration, and dynamic analyses for complex mechanical systems associated for Kaleidos, the world's first portable microreactor and supporting hardware. You will play a critical role in ensuring structural integrity and survivability across all phases of the product lifecycle, including manufacturing, transportation, handling, deployment, and operational environments. •This role requires a hands-on engineer who is comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and collaborating closely with structures, mechanical design, thermal, nuclear, and test teams. •Responsibilities & Duties •Develop and own static, dynamic, and transient loads for reactor systems, support structures, and transport configurations. •Perform structural dynamics analyses, including modal, random vibration, shock, sine vibration, and fatigue assessments. •Implement explicit dynamics simulations to model nonlinear reactor response under transient seismic and transportation event cases. •Define and analyze transportation and handling environments, including shock and vibration from road, rail, air, or sea transport. •Generate load cases and environments to support structural sizing, design margins, and verification plans. •Conduct finite element analyses (FEA) using tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, or similar tools. •Collaborate with design engineers to influence hardware architecture, material selection, and joint design. •Support test planning and correlation, including shaker tests, modal surveys, and structural verification testing. •Develop and maintain analysis documentation, reports, and requirements for internal reviews and regulatory interfaces. •Contribute to failure investigations, root cause analyses, and design improvements Compensation: •$106,500 •$146,475 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!