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# Manager of Quality Control at Radiant Industries

- **Company:** [Radiant Industries](https://feeny.ai/companies/radiant-industries)
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA
- **Compensation:** $123k–$173k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/radiant-industries/1e1d323c-db85-4180-b3be-e566b28a6f01

## Job description

## About Radiant

Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based company building the world's only mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors. The U.S. grid is under growing strain, with power demand accelerating, driving higher utility costs, rising carbon emissions, and interconnection backlogs. Radiant has a solution, transportable, on-site power. Our first reactor, Kaleidos, is 1 megawatt: small enough to be factory-built, transported by land, sea, or air, and deployed wherever power is needed. 1 MW can power 1000 homes for five years. Ship it back and we refuel for a 20 year operating life. We made energy a product that can be used for critical infrastructure like military bases, data centers, hospitals, and remote sites, as well as the commercial main street businesses that keep America running. Founded in 2020, Radiant is under contract to deliver power to the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force and has signed pre-order agreements with Equinix, with deployments beginning in 2028.

## The Role

We are looking for a Quality Control Manager to build and lead Radiant's inspection, nonconformance control, and metrology operations as we transition from reactor development to scaled production. You will own the capabilities that ensure hardware is accurately verified, issues are identified early, and nonconforming products are controlled before they become escapes or failures. This is a builder role, not simply an inspection management position. You will grow and develop a high-performing team, establish advanced inspection and measurement capabilities, and help design, equip, and launch Radiant's future inspection facility. You will shape how Quality Control operates today while building the people, processes, technologies, and infrastructure needed for repeatable reactor production. You will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Reliability & Quality to solve challenging technical problems, strengthen inspection strategies, and continuously improve how Radiant verifies and controls product quality. We are looking for someone who combines technical depth, sound operational judgment, and a passion for building capabilities that do not yet exist.

## Responsibilities & Duties

- Build and lead Radiant's Quality Control organization by developing the people, technical competencies, and operating structure needed to support increasing reactor production.
- Own end-to-end inspection execution across receiving, in-process, and final inspection, ensuring hardware meets engineering and quality requirements while supporting manufacturing priorities.
- Develop scalable inspection strategies and capabilities across receiving, in-process, and final inspection, ensuring hardware conformity, configuration verification, and accurate quality records while supporting manufacturing priorities.
- Lead nonconforming material control by ensuring effective identification, containment, segregation, documentation, and coordination of technical dispositions to prevent unintended use or release.
- Establish and advance metrology and calibration capabilities by developing trusted measurement systems, equipment controls, and verification practices that support accurate and repeatable acceptance decisions.
- Build Radiant's future inspection infrastructure by leading the development of inspection capabilities and helping plan, equip, and operationalize our next-generation inspection facility.
- Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to integrate quality verification into design and production processes, including special process verification and resolving hardware quality challenges.
- Drive continuous improvement and operational performance by strengthening inspection efficiency, nonconformance control, measurement capability, and digital quality systems as Radiant scales.
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 7+ years of experience in Quality Control, inspection, metrology, or manufacturing quality within a precision hardware environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and building inspection capabilities, including developing people, processes, and operational performance.
- Strong technical knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and precision measurement technologies.
- Hands-on experience with inspection planning, nonconformance control, metrology, and calibration management.
- Proven ability to solve technical and operational challenges, exercise sound judgment, and collaborate effectively across Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.
- Desired Qualifications
- Experience building or scaling inspection organizations, metrology capabilities, or inspection facilities.
- Experience introducing and operating advanced inspection technologies, automation, or digital quality systems.
- Experience transitioning complex hardware from development into repeatable production.
- Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, NQA-1, ASME, ISO/IEC 17025, or other applicable quality standards.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, nuclear, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments, particularly within a startup or scaling organization.

## Who You Are

- You are a builder. You want to develop people, capabilities, and infrastructure, not just manage an existing inspection operation.
- You think in systems. You look beyond individual defects and build better methods to identify issues earlier and prevent escapes.
- You are a hands-on technical leader. You understand the details but can step back to define the capabilities and organization needed for the future.
- You are technology-agnostic and improvement-minded. You evaluate methods and technologies based on effectiveness rather than familiarity or precedent.
- You balance rigor with practicality. You exercise sound judgment, maintain quality standards, and help manufacturing move without unnecessary friction.
- You take ownership beyond your immediate responsibilities. You collaborate across functions, resolve problems, and drive decisions to closure.
- You thrive in ambiguity. You can establish structure, adapt to changing priorities, and execute while building for tomorrow.
- You care about the mission. You want to build the inspection and measurement capabilities that make reliable, mass-produced nuclear reactors possible.
- Additional Requirements
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish program objectives
- Must work 100% onsite at Radiant’s El Segundo headquarters

## Benefits and Perks

- Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
- Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
- One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
- Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
- Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents.
- Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
- 8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
- Nuclear Engineering Certificate Program: 100% covered educational program with Penn State University, for eligible employees, to rapidly upscale into nuclear.
- Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.
- Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and in-person camaraderie.
- Beautiful El Segundo headquarters close to the Pacific Ocean.

Total Compensation and Benefits Radiant compensates people for impact and invests in those who continue to raise the bar. Radiant’s new hire compensation package includes base salary, substantial equity grants, and comprehensive health benefits. Total compensation and level are determined through a rigorous evaluation of interview performance, experience, education, and qualifications, and are designed to support continued growth as scope, responsibility, and impact expand at Radiant.

The best of today’s advanced reactor builders don’t wait for job postings. They join the winning team. If that’s you, contact us directly for immediate opportunities: recruiting@radiantnuclear.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

## About Radiant Industries

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Radiant Industries is building the world’s first mass‑produced, portable nuclear microreactor (Kaleidos) to replace diesel generators with zero‑emission, resilient power for remote sites, hospitals, data centers, and military installations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D – $300M raised in December 2025, led by Lockheed Martin Ventures)
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2020 (some sources list 2019)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Nuclear electric power generation / clean energy
- **Target customers**: B2B – remote communities, hospitals, data centers, military bases, industrial sites that currently rely on diesel generators or unstable grids
- **Mission**: To bring one of the world’s first factory‑constructed microreactors to market, providing portable, zero‑emissions power anywhere, anytime.

## Products & Services
- **[Kaleidos Microreactor](https://www.radiantnuclear.com/)**: A 1 MW electric / 1.9 MW thermal portable nuclear reactor packaged in a shipping container. It uses helium gas cooling and TRISO fuel (meltdown‑proof ceramic uranium particles). Delivered by truck or aircraft, installed without site excavation, and can reach full power the next day. After 5+ years the entire container is returned to the factory for refueling; up to four fuel cycles yield a 20‑year product lifetime. Customers purchase via Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) or direct unit sales.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – **$622.6M** (as of early 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (led Series B), Lockheed Martin Ventures (led Series D), plus 18+ other investors across Series B, C, and D rounds
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **141% YoY** to 157 employees (as of mid‑2026)
  - 64 active job postings (+178% YoY)
  - Plans to test its development reactor in **2026** – which would be the first new commercial reactor design to achieve a fueled test in over 50 years
  - Initial customer deployments targeted for **2028**
  - SBIR Phase II awards from the U.S. Air Force for nuclear microreactor installation energy resilience

## Competitive Advantages
- **Portability & speed**: Delivered in a standard shipping container, installed in one day, no on‑site water or excavation needed.
- **Passive safety**: TRISO fuel is meltdown‑proof; the core is cooled by natural convection (air jacket) without pumps.
- **Factory‑built, factory‑refueled**: No nuclear waste or infrastructure left on site after the container is returned.
- **High energy density**: Over 110× the energy density of existing diesel systems.
- **Fleet monitoring**: Hundreds of units can be monitored 24/7 from a centralized control center.

## Strategic Focus
- Complete fueled testing of the Kaleidos prototype in 2026.
- Secure regulatory approvals (special nuclear material license, Part 7 license).
- Scale manufacturing for initial customer deployments beginning in 2028.
- Expand into military, commercial, and humanitarian markets (disaster relief, remote microgrids, backup power).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & mission**: High‑impact climate tech – directly replacing diesel generators with clean nuclear power. Rated 5.0/5.0 on employer reviews (5 reviews) with strong scores for culture (4.7) and career growth (4.8).
- **Work location**: On‑site in El Segundo, CA (steps from the Pacific Ocean, near downtown). Employees work from a physical office.
- **Perks**: Company equity, relocation assistance, free daily meals, commuter benefits, onsite parking, generous parental leave, family medical leave, onsite Mother’s Room, dental/health insurance, FSA.
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Mandated unconscious bias training; hiring practices that promote diversity.
- **Tech stack**: React, TypeScript, Python, C++, C#, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, AWS, Ansys, SolidWorks, Altium, and more. Engineers work on cutting‑edge nuclear, mechanical, and embedded systems.
- **Growth trajectory**: 141% headcount growth in the past year; 64 open roles across engineering, regulatory, supply chain, and operations.

## Sources
1. [radiantnuclear.com](https://www.radiantnuclear.com/) – Product details, specs, deployment model
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/radiant) – Company overview, perks, culture, tech stack, reviews
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/r-a-d-i-a-n-t) – Funding, headcount, employee growth, locations, key executives
4. [sbir.gov](https://www.sbir.gov/portfolio/1655711) – SBIR awards, Phase II contracts with U.S. Air Force
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/radiant-industries) – Current open positions (64+)

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