Engineering Manager, Electronics

El Segundo, United States
Full-time
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About the role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, Electronics to lead the team responsible for the custom electronic hardware at the core of Radiant’s commercial microreactor, Kaleidos. You will own the electronics architecture for the reactor control system while managing and developing a team of electrical engineers responsible for low-noise analog front ends, mixed-signal electronics, high-speed data conversion, communications, and custom PCB development.

This is a highly hands-on management role for a technical leader who wants to remain close to the hardware. You will work alongside Radiant’s Principal Electronics Engineer, guide the team through the complete hardware development lifecycle, and establish the technical and organizational foundation needed to deliver reliable reactor-control electronics. You will have meaningful authority over architecture, hiring, engineering standards, qualification strategy, and how the team grows.

What will you be doing?

  • Building, managing, and developing the Electronics team, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and resource planning
  • Owning the electronic architecture for Kaleidos reactor controls, with a longer-term path toward potential space-reactor applications
  • Leading analog and mixed-signal PCB development from requirements and schematic design through manufacturing, bring-up, qualification, and field operation
  • Defining requirements for electrical noise, accuracy, input range, environmental performance, interfaces, reliability, and thermal constraints
  • Guiding the design of low-noise analog front ends, sensor interfaces, high-speed data conversion, digital communications, and signal-processing hardware
  • Owning acceptance and qualification testing for in-house PCB designs and ensuring hardware meets system requirements
  • Driving failure analysis, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and design improvements
  • Partnering with controls, embedded software, electrical systems, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to integrate electronics across the reactor
  • Leading design reviews and communicating technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risks to engineering leadership and executives

About Radiant Nuclear

Radiant is building the world’s first mass-produced portable nuclear microreactors. The company’s first reactor, Kaleidos, is a 1 MW failsafe microreactor that can be transported anywhere power is needed. Founded in 2020, Radiant plans to test its first reactor in 2026, with initial customer deployments beginning in 2028.

Required skills

Altium
Mixed-Signal PCB Design
Analog Circuit Design
RF Hardware
FPGA
SPI
I2C
CAN
Ethernet
RS422
EMI/EMC
RTD
Thermocouples
Resolvers
4-20mA Industrial Signals

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Job details

Salary

$208,500 - $284,025

Location

El Segundo, United States

Experience

8+ years

Company

NameRadiant Nuclear
Industryhardware, manufacturing, defense
Team Size400

Funding

Total raised

$518M

Last stage

Growth

Investors

DDraper Associates
Boost VC
Andreessen Horowitz
Founders Fund
DDCVC

Founders

Doug Bernauer

Doug Bernauer

Co-Founder & CEO

LinkedIn
BU

Bob Urberger

Co-Founder & CTO

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.