Basic Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a test technician, engineering technician, lab technician, or similar technical role
• Experience assembling mechanical systems, test fixtures, or prototype hardware
• Experience with instrumentation integration (thermocouples, pressure transducers, strain gauges, etc.)
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems and basic test software
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and work instructions
• Strong mechanical aptitude and experience with hand tools and shop tools
• Ability to work safely around high-energy systems, heavy equipment, and complex test setups

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience building and operating test rigs in an R&D or prototype environment
• Experience with plumbing systems (tubing, valves, fittings, brazing, leak checking, etc.)
• Experience with electrical wiring, harness building, relays, and control panels
• Experience working with technicians and engineers to debug hardware and instrumentation
• Familiarity with inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, etc.)
• Experience using CAD or simple CAD viewers (for interpreting models and drawings)
• Experience working in a fast-paced hardware development environment
• Welding, machining, or fabrication experience
• Python or general scripting familiarity

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
• Ability to lift 50 lbs
• Standing, climbing, bending, grasping, pulling, pushing, and carrying are required to perform job functions
• Location
• We are located in Torrance, CA in a 145,000 square foot, brand new facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration, R&D, and production, as well as easy access to the 405, 105, and 110 freeways. Our facility is in the heart of Los Angeles' vibrant emerging tech ecosystem alongside many other high growth startups and enterprises.
• Culture

At Antares, we like to specifically tie each role to our founding document’s set of values–here are the top five cultural values we think you should believe at your core to be successful

• Think in Systems - Energy and Defense are complex ecosystems with numerous stakeholders with competing priorities, conflicting policies, perverse incentives, and emergent and path-dependent properties. First principles thinking alone is insufficient. Think probabilistically and then take action. “If you want to be certain, then you are apt to be obsolete.” Over-optimizing the components often degrades the system
• Obsess over the End User - The customer and end user are often not the same. We will never build globally competitive commercial products if we lose sight of our end users and their entire interaction with the product life cycle
• Be Unconstrained by Convention - Our only limits are the laws of physics. Many, even experts, will say what we are working on is impossible. They said the same about SpaceX reusing rockets. Generationally impactful companies, by definition, must accomplish the seemingly impossible. If it were easy, it would have already been done. Never shy away from a solution because it has never been tried before, and never choose to do something because that's “how it's always been done”
• Craftsmen - We also focus on the inputs. We aspire to high-quality engineering for its own sake. As such, we invest in personal growth, learning, and developing a long-term career path for exceptional individual contributors. We embrace a beginner’s mindset, share knowledge, and never condescend the curious
• Loyally Collaborative - Team > Self. We win together. There is nothing more precious than a high-performing team
• Equal Opportunity
• Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.
• ITAR Requirements
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.