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Radiant is building the world's first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. The company's flagship product, Kaleidos, is a 1-megawatt, fail-safe microreactor designed for rapid deployment to hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in El Segundo, CA, Radiant is preparing for its first reactor test at Idaho National Laboratory with initial customer deliveries planned for 2028.
You will own risk assessment and master scheduling across the entire company, serving as a key operations leader. Your primary responsibilities include:
**Operational Planning & Master Scheduling:**
- Create and maintain company-wide master schedules tied to sales forecasts and current capacity
- Build integrated schedules showing critical path, dependencies, slack, and capacity constraints
- Develop detailed schedules for key activities and milestones
**Cross-Functional Leadership:**
- Act as the central link between Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Production, and Facilities
- Interface with every level of leadership, from individual contributors to the C-suite
- Present schedule status, risks, and tradeoffs to VPs and executive leadership
**Risk Management & Analysis:**
- Assess schedule risk across individual programs in the context of the full program portfolio
- Investigate root causes of schedule impacts and communicate findings clearly
- Evaluate schedule health in light of full program and product lifecycle phases
**New Product Integration:**
- Work with ambiguous product and program definitions during early-stage development
- Coordinate across Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Sales
- Bring organized, analytical approaches to complex, interdependent data
You will use Microsoft Project and Smartsheet as primary tools, managing complex schedules with multiple dependencies and constraints. This role requires comfort operating with ambiguity, building processes from scratch, and working extended hours as needed to support the company's mission.
**Requirements:**
- 5+ years of relevant experience in master scheduling, program planning, or operations, preferably in manufacturing or technology sectors
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Smartsheet
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with ability to manage complex, interdependent schedules
- Excellent cross-functional and executive communication skills
- Comfort operating with ambiguity and building processes from scratch
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
- Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ
**Desired Qualifications:**
- Experience in a startup or rapidly evolving industry
