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Salary: USD 115,000 - 150,000 / annual
Antares is building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space applications. The company's mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt, with a team drawn from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy, MIT, and national laboratories. Antares has raised over $600M in venture capital and holds hundreds of millions in contracts with military services, NASA, and the Department of Energy.
The Build Quality Engineer II will develop and implement rigorous quality processes that meet or exceed nuclear industry standards. This role focuses on turning engineering designs into reliable, high-quality products through manufacturing experience and analytical skills, ensuring reliability throughout production, supply chain, and testing phases.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive quality processes, including production nonconformance management, calibrated hardware procedures, and certification processes for commercial materials in nuclear applications
- Drive quality assurance within the supply chain, ensuring effective supplier qualification and ongoing performance monitoring
- Lead or support root-cause investigations related to manufacturing, production, and testing issues, applying first-principle problem-solving
- Collaborate closely with engineering, production, and supply chain teams to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks
- Ensure adherence to nuclear industry standards and regulatory requirements through effective quality management systems and continuous process improvement
- Document quality procedures, processes, and findings clearly for internal and external stakeholders
The role is based at Antares HQ in Torrance, CA, a 322,000 square-foot facility featuring large open spaces for collaboration, R&D, and production with easy freeway access.
REQUIREMENTS:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Engineering or related discipline)
- 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment as a Manufacturing Engineer, Test Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or Quality Engineer
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment as a Manufacturing Engineer, Test Engineer, Reliability Engineer, or Quality Engineer
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with emphasis on root-cause analysis and first-principle thinking
- Effective communication and collaboration skills with ability to work cross-functionally
- Experience within the nuclear industry or other highly regulated environments
- Strong knowledge of quality management principles, practices, and industry-specific standards (preferably nuclear or similarly regulated industries)
- Proven experience in developing quality processes and managing production nonconformances
- Familiarity with supplier qualification processes and supply chain quality management
- Knowledge of calibrated hardware management and certification processes
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
- Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or eligible to obtain required ITAR authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
