Nondestructive Evaluation Technician III-IV

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.

The Antares team hails from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy, MIT, Rigetti Computing, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Idaho, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Savannah River. Antares has raised over $600M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has hundreds of million-dollars on contract with the military services, NASA, and the Department of Energy.

About the Team

We are seeking a Nondestructive Evaluation team members to join the Antares quality team and work to evaluate cutting edge technology by ensuring we build safe, reliable products. This role will work hand in hand with manufacturing, engineering, testing, and other quality team members to provide valuable insight into the quality of our builds and ultimately ensure success in all our missions.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform nondestructive evaluation of welds and fabricated hardware using approved visual, penetrant, radiographic, and/or ultrasonic inspection methods within the individual's qualified scope.

• Work directly with fabrication, welding, manufacturing, development, and quality personnel to verify workmanship and conformance during reactor hardware builds.

• Interpret drawings, weld symbols, acceptance criteria, inspection plans, and applicable codes and specifications to determine inspection requirements.

• Document inspection results clearly and maintain objective evidence required for product acceptance and quality records.

• Identify, document, and communicate relevant indications or nonconforming conditions and support disposition, rework, and reinspection activities.

• Support development and continuous improvement of NDE procedures, work instructions, techniques, inspection planning, and equipment controls.

• Develop tooling necessary to perform inspections and improve outcomes and repeatability.

• Maintain inspection equipment and consumables in a state suitable for use, including required calibration/status controls as applicable.

• Support supplier or vendor inspections when needed, including limited travel.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years in hardware manufacturing environment performing inspections or direct welding experience.

• Meets the training and experience requirements necessary for Level II qualification in at least one of the following NDE methods: PT, RT, or UT.

• Qualified for visual weld inspection / VT and able to apply visual acceptance criteria to welded hardware.

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, weld symbols, inspection requirements, and applicable acceptance criteria.

• Experience performing and documenting nondestructive examinations in a manufacturing, fabrication, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, or similar industrial environment.

• Ability to pass a Jaeger 2 near-vision examination and any other vision requirements applicable to Antares' written practice.

• Ability to work onsite in Torrance, California on first shift, with flexibility for occasional overtime and weekend support based on business needs.

• Ability to travel approximately 5% for supplier or vendor inspection support.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Current Level II certification/qualification in two or more of PT, RT, and UT.

• Qualification history based on ASNT Recommended Practice SNT-TC-1A.

• AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)…