Antares · 1 month ago
Structural Analyst
Los Angeles
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAntares is a company focused on making clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. The Structural Analyst will be responsible for building and running thermal-structural models of reactor components, collaborating with design engineers, and providing technical support during test campaigns.
EnergyIndustrialMachinery ManufacturingManufacturing
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Build, run, and maintain FEA (Finite Element Analysis) models of reactor components and subsystem assemblies
Provide thermal-mechanical assessments of designs and ensure they meet the static, dynamic, thermal, fatigue, and creep requirements set out by Antares and our regulatory agencies
Collaborate with designers and responsible engineers to provide guidance on initial sizing, material selection, and design feedback based on analytical results
Compile detailed documentation of analytical results and communicate key results, assumptions, and limitations to key stakeholders throughout the company
Provide support to test engineers in the form of collaborative test design, instrumentation selection, and data review to ensure test campaigns provide the necessary data to validate our models
Develop internal tools and calculators to enable other engineers to quickly and independently perform analytical assessments of their designs without the need for detailed finite element models
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to other engineers and across teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
3+ years experience performing thermal and structural analysis
Experience building and running Non-Linear Thermal and Structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA) models
Competent in use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software for design modification and model defeaturing (Siemens NX or similar)
Steady and Transient Thermal Modeling
Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
Preferred
Comfortable in fast-paced environment with rapid design iteration loops
Low Cycle and High Cycle Fatigue Analysis
Participation in regulatory qualification or certification programs for safety critical systems in the aerospace or nuclear industry
Creep Analysis for high temperature applications
Fracture Analysis and acceptable flaw characterization in production environments
Dynamic Loads Analysis (Random Vibe, Modal Analysis, Explicit Dynamics)
Tool writing in Python, MATLAB, or other programming language
Familiar with ASME BPVC Section III Div 5
Experience building and running Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models
Company
Antares
Antares Industries is an advanced nuclear energy startup that designs and manufactures adaptable and scalable reactors.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$126MKey Investors
Shine Capital
2025-12-02Series B· $71M
2025-12-02Debt Financing· $25M
2024-10-30Series A· $30M
Leadership Team
Julia DeWahl
Co-founder & President
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