Antares
Materials Engineer, Ceramics
About this role
Antares seeks a Materials Engineer to lead development and qualification of ceramic and fuel materials for advanced microreactors. You'll conduct comprehensive testing, characterization, and process optimization while collaborating across engineering disciplines to ensure materials meet stringent nuclear operating conditions.
What you'll do
- Lead ceramic material development, qualification, and lifetime testing programs with cross-institutional partners
- Design and execute physical, thermal, and mechanical tests simulating reactor operating environments
- Apply statistical analysis to evaluate how process and environmental variables affect material properties
- Perform materials characterization and investigate failure modes through root cause analysis
- Interface with manufacturing, neutronics, and quality teams to define operating limits and optimize fuel/ceramic processes
What they're looking for
- Materials science and engineering fundamentals
- Optical and electron microscopy techniques
- Mechanical property evaluation and testing
- TRISO fuel or ceramic coating manufacturing knowledge
- Statistical analysis and experimental design
- Materials characterization methods
- Nuclear safety standards and regulated industry compliance
- Cross-functional communication and technical translation
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Antares
Antares develops advanced nuclear microreactors designed for diverse applications including terrestrial, underwater, and space use, with a focus on inherently safe and mass-producible designs. The company is hiring electrical engineers, nuclear engineers, thermo-mechanical designers, software engineers, and manufacturing engineers to advance reactor systems from design and analysis through testing, qualification, and production.
View all jobs at AntaresLikely interview questions
- Describe your experience with ceramic material characterization—which microscopy and mechanical testing techniques have you used most extensively?
- Tell us about a time you led a materials qualification program; how did you ensure testing conditions replicated real operating environments?