Radiant · 1 day ago
Early Career Recruiting & Programs Lead
El Segundo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expRadiant is an El Segundo, CA-based startup building the world’s first mass-produced, portable nuclear microreactors. They are seeking an Early Careers Recruiting & Programs Lead to design, build, and scale their university, intern, and early-career hiring programs, managing the end-to-end talent strategy and ensuring a world-class experience for interns and new graduates.
Clean EnergyEnergyEnergy EfficiencyRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Own and execute Radiant’s early careers hiring strategy across interns, and new graduates, and entry level roles
Build and manage university recruiting programs, including campus partnerships, career fairs, events, and outreach strategies
Design, launch, and run internship and early career programs, including onboarding, programming, manager enablement, and performance cycles
Manage full-cycle recruiting for early career roles across engineering, and operations functions
Partner closely with hiring managers to forecast early career hiring needs and align on conversion goals
Develop and track program metrics, including hiring targets, intern performance, conversion rates, and candidate experience
Coordinate cross-functionally with People, Engineering, Operations, and leadership to ensure program success
Continuously improve processes, tools, and candidate experience for early career hiring
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in recruiting, university recruiting, early careers, or talent programs
Hands-on experience managing intern and/or early career hiring programs (university events, panels) end-to-end
Strong project and program management skills with the ability to juggle multiple timelines and stakeholders
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with candidates, hiring managers, and external partners
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment
Preferred
Experience recruiting for hardware, engineering, and operations roles
Prior experience building early career programs at a startup or high-growth company
Familiarity with campus recruiting tools, Ashby, Greenhouse and recruiting analytics
Passion for developing early career talent and building inclusive pipelines
Benefits
Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
100% premium coverage for base Silver level plan for employee + 50% premium coverage for dependents. Platinum plans available.
Sponsored memberships for eligible employees and their dependents.
100% premium coverage for top tier plan + 50% for dependents.
100% premium coverage for top tier plan (including orthodontia) + 50% for dependents.
Voluntary life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter and FSA/HSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees.
Daily catered lunch. Free snacks and drinks.
Flexible PTO policy. Remote workday allocation.
Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and in-person camaraderie.
Company
Radiant
Radiant develops portable nuclear microreactors designed to generate electricity and heat in a compact, factory-built form.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$518.82MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzUnion Square Ventures
2025-12-17Series D· $300M
2024-11-14Series C· $165M
2023-04-18Series B· $40M
Leadership Team
Doug Bernauer
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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