Antares
Materials Engineer - Metallurgy
About this role
Antares, a venture-backed advanced nuclear energy company, seeks a Materials Engineer to develop and qualify materials for mass-producible microreactors used in terrestrial, underwater, and space applications. You'll design testing protocols, characterize material behavior under extreme conditions, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure materials meet reactor performance requirements.
What you'll do
- Develop and conduct lifetime testing and qualification of reactor materials including ceramics and metallic alloys
- Design and execute physical, thermal, and mechanical testing that replicates reactor operating environments
- Apply statistical methods to evaluate effects of process variables and environmental conditions on material properties
- Perform materials characterization and root cause failure analysis
- Interface with manufacturing, neutronics, mechanical, and quality teams to integrate materials into systems and optimize processes
What they're looking for
- Optical and electron microscopy
- Mechanical property evaluation
- Materials characterization and failure analysis
- Statistical analysis and experimental design
- Knowledge of stainless steel, nickel-based superalloys, and ceramics
- Radiation effects in materials
- Technical communication across disciplines
- Coatings experience
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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 optical and electron microscopy and how you've used it to solve materials challenges.
- Walk us through a time when you investigated a material failure—what was your methodology and what did you discover?