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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, 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. This role requires you to manage master project schedules that guide Radiant's commitment and constraint management, build and maintain long-term schedules grounded in sales forecasts and current capacity, and interface with every level of leadership. You will act as the central link between Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Production, and Facilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Creating and maintaining a company-wide master schedule tied to sales forecasts and current capacity
- Presenting schedule status, risks, and tradeoffs to VPs and the C-suite
- Investigating root causes of schedule impacts and assessing risk across individual programs in the context of the full program portfolio
- Evaluating schedule health in light of the full program and product lifecycle, adjusting approach based on program phase
- Working with ambiguous product and program definitions to coordinate across Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Sales
- Creating and analyzing schedules in Microsoft Project and Smartsheet, combining schedules to assess critical path, dependencies, slack, and capacity
- Driving detailed schedules for key activities
- Delivering integrated schedules showing critical path, dependencies, slack, and capacity
- Providing schedule risk assessments and root cause analyses for schedule impacts
- Generating executive-level schedule updates for VP and C-suite audiences
This is a 100% onsite role at Radiant's El Segundo headquarters. The position requires willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish the mission.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5–20 years of relevant experience in master scheduling, program planning, or operations, preferably within 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
- Desired: experience in a startup or rapidly evolving industry
