About Us

At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We’re fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we’re building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space.

Formed in 2023, the Antares team hails from SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, The Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Los Alamos, Idaho, and Oak Ridge. Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.

About the Team

As an early member of the Antares operations team, you will define and execute the roadmap required for the company to successfully iterate through prototyping and into full-rate production for the R1 reactor. You will have a direct impact on our ability to manufacture and test our hardware and systems by building out the facilities necessary to rapidly iterate on our product design. In addition, you will be looking down the field to prepare the company for future expansion to support increased production and testing capacity.

The ideal candidate will be able to execute in an ambiguous environment, with the ability to efficiently balance many different priorities - you will be part of a small team tackling significant and complex challenges, and will have a key role in contributing to the success of the company both in the short and long-term.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the buildout of our 322,000 SF facility in Torrance, Antares Prime, in conjunction with the manufacturing engineering team to support research and development, component manufacturing, fabrication and assembly, and high-power test cells while adhering to all state and local requirements

• Spearhead the development and construction of nuclear test and demonstration facilities in partnership with national laboratories and the Department of Energy, ensuring compliance with all safety, regulatory, civil, and environmental requirements

• Facilitate the search for future research and development, long-term production, fueling, enduring test, and decommissioning facilities throughout the United States, engaging with federal, state, and local counterparts to identify the most opportune locations for these sites

• Develop project schedules and budgets for all facilities and construction activities, balancing cost with an ability to meet company milestones

• Drive coordination between engineers, architects, general contractors, regulators, and local authorities to remove project blockers and maintain schedules

• Partner with quality, engineering, and production teams to implement and execute preventative maintenance best practices

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field AND 5+ years of experience in executing site development, leading complex construction projects, or managing new and expanding facilities

• OR 8+ years of experience in executing site development, leading complex construction projects, or managing new and expanding facilities

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Active Professional Engineer certification

• Demonstrated track record of managing complex project schedules with many involved parties including internal stakeholders, contractors, and government authorities

• Broad experience across construction and facilities management including civil and structural analysis, greenfield or brownfield site development, and complex facilities buildouts

• Proven success in a start-up environment or similar, with the ability to manage ambiguity and wear many different hats

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones

• Ability to travel up to 40% when necessary to interface with suppliers

Location

• We are located in Torrance, CA in a 322,000 square foot, brand new facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration, R&D, and production, as well as easy access to the 405, 105, and 110 freeways. Our facility is in the heart of Los Angeles' vibrant emerging tech ecosystem alongside many other high growth startups and enterprises.

Culture

At Antares, we like to specifically tie each role to our founding document’s set of values–here are the top five cultural values we think you should believe at your core to be successful:

• Think in Systems - Energy and Defense are complex ecosystems with numerous stakeholders with competing priorities, conflicting policies, perverse incentives, and emergent and path-dependent properties. First principles thinking alone is insufficient. Think probabilistically and then take action. “If you want to be certain, then you are apt to be obsolete.” Over-optimizing the components often degrades the system

• Obsess over the End User - The customer and end user are often not the same. We will never build globally competitive commercial products if we lose sight of our end users and their entire interaction with the product life cycle

• Be Unconstrained by Convention - Our only limits are the laws of physics. Many, even experts, will say what we are working on is impossible. They said the same about SpaceX reusing rockets. Generationally impactful companies, by definition, must accomplish the seemingly impossible. If it were easy, it would have already been done. Never shy away from a solution because it has never been tried before, and never choose to do something because that's “how it's always been done”

• Go Where the Work Is - Never miss a chance to meet a customer, user, or stakeholder face to face, even if that means hopping on a plane. If you can’t make it, find a teammate who can channel your intentions and go in your place. Deep work can be done from anywhere, but we believe teams are built in person, and aim to maximize our time together

• Operate in the Grey - Embrace nuance in pursuit of truth. Question every fundamental assumption

Equal Opportunity

Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.