Senior Test Engineer

Join our team as a Senior Test Engineer, where you will design and implement critical procedures for reactor operators managing our innovative nuclear microreactor technology. This role offers a unique opportunity to bridge engineering, operations, and human factors in a highly technical and regulated environment. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to translate complex hardware and software designs into clear, executable, and compliant procedures. Your work will ensure the efficiency and safety of test, commissioning, and operational activities. Additionally, you will gain hands-on experience as a Reactor Operator, directly influencing the development of operational software, procedures, and digital twin simulations.

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to translate complex hardware and software designs into clear, executable, and DOE or NRC compliant procedures.
• Develop and refine operational procedures that integrate both software and hardware-in-the-loop testing, ensuring compliance with DOE and NRC standards.
• Qualify as an operator to gain firsthand experience, ensuring procedures align with real-world execution, and support testing and iterative improvements of digital twin scenarios.
• Undergraduate degree in engineering discipline
• Ability to apply first principles thinking to solve problems and make decisions in uncertain or ambiguous situations
• 2+ years of full-time professional experience in engineering problem-solving, including system design, analysis, or testing
• Proficiency in managing or optimizing complex hardware and software processes for testing and operations
• Hands-on experience in developing technical procedures, human factors engineering, or operational interface design
• Prior operations background such as mission control room operator
• Background in highly regulated industries (e.g., nuclear, aerospace, aviation, maritime)
• Proficiency in Python, UNIX, for procedure testing within the simulator environments
• Experience with human factors and user-centered instructions for operational workflows
• Must work 100% onsite at El Segundo HQ
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to achieve company goals