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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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Radiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world’s first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. The company’s first reactor, Kaleidos, is a 1-megawatt, fail-safe microreactor that can be transported anywhere power is needed and run for up to 5 years without refueling. Portable nuclear power with rapid-deploy capability can replace similar-sized diesel generators and provide critical asset support for hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases. Radiant’s unique, practical approach to nuclear development leverages modern software engineering to rapidly deliver safe, factory-built microreactors that use existing, well-qualified materials. Founded in 2020, Radiant is on track to test its first reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory this summer, with initial customer deliveries beginning in 2028.
Title: Factory Integration Lead
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Primary Responsibilities: Drive coordination between manufacturing engineering, facility design, construction execution, and factory launch. This role exists to ensure the factory is not just built — but built correctly for the manufacturing system it must support. This is a highly cross-functional execution role. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of manufacturing process development, facility design, equipment layout, construction execution, and commissioning. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in first-of-a-kind environments, can move fluidly between engineering and field teams, and enjoys solving complex integration problems.
Responsibilities Deep Dive
Manufacturing & Facility Integration
Serve as the primary coordination point between manufacturing engineering, architect/engineering design teams, construction management, and commissioning teams.
Ensure facility design decisions support the actual manufacturing processes, equipment layouts, and production flow.
Translate manufacturing requirements into facility design inputs including utilities, equipment space, material flow, and infrastructure.
Factory Layout & Production Flow
Work with manufacturing engineering to develop and refine factory layouts, equipment placement, and process flow.
Ensure layouts support both initial First of A Kind production and future scaled manufacturing.
Identify layout, infrastructure, or facility constraints early and drive design adjustments.
Design Coordination
Facilitate coordination between internal engineering teams and external design partners.
Ensure architectural and engineering designs remain aligned with manufacturing requirements and operational needs.
Identify conflicts between facility design and manufacturing equipment early.
Construction Interface
Participate in design reviews, constructability discussions, and field coordination meetings.
Support resolution of design-to-field conflicts affecting manufacturing systems.
Equipment & Commissioning Integration
Coordinate installation sequencing between construction completion, equipment installation, and commissioning activities.
Support development of equipment installation plans and factory startup sequencing.
Ensure infrastructure readiness for manufacturing systems.
Scaling Strategy
Help translate the first factory design into a scalable template for future facilities.
Document lessons learned and improvements to support replication of future factories.
Ideal Candidate Background
We are looking for someone who combines manufacturing understanding with facility development awareness.
Strong candidates may come from:
Advanced manufacturing startups
Semiconductor or battery factories
Aerospace manufacturing
Nuclear or energy facilities
Large capital manufacturing projects
Experience
5–7+ years experience in manufacturing, factory development, or capital projects
Experience coordinating across manufacturing engineering, facilities design, and construction teams
Experience with factory layout, production flow, or manufacturing equipment integration
Experience in large capital projects or industrial facility construction
Comfortable working in fast-moving startup environments
Traits That Matter
Systems thinker — sees how process, facility, and construction interact
Comfortable operating across engineering, operations, and field execution
Strong communicator who can translate between design teams, engineers, and builders
Highly organized but comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration
Bias toward execution and problem solving
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.
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.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
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.