Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Responsibilities

• Implement, calibrate, verify, and validate numerical models for structural graphite and steel materials
• Perform thermal, mechanical, and thermal-mechanical analyses of metallic and graphite systems, structures, and components (SSCs) using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to aid the Design and Engineering and Safety Analysis teams
• Develop new design-by-analysis methodologies and implement existing standardized design-by-analysis methodologies for stress and failure analyses of metallic and graphite SSCs
• Contribute to uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts for Kairos structural material models
• Facilitate the implementation of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) protocols for our structural materials
• Assist in software and hardware acquisition activities, including cloud computing resources
• Develop and implement a comprehensive structural integrity framework across the organization, targeting safety-critical metallic components
• Create and implement procedures for assessing defects in metallic structures
• Formulate plans for experimental testing initiatives focused on metallics, contributing to the advancement of methods
• Provide hands-on assistance to design and licensing efforts related to KP-FHR advanced reactor technology systems
• Drive management and work program leadership in meeting company’s licensing milestones and deliverables

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, or related field, plus two (2) years’ post-baccalaureate experience as an Engineering Lead, Researcher, or related role
• Experience must include: utilizing Python for data manipulation, extraction, and analysis; utilizing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for data analysis, modelling, and automation; procuring critical safety-related components; supporting nuclear quality assurance processes; conducting stress and strain analysis; leveraging Finite Element Methods, structural mechanics, structural assessment standards, and interpretation of data to inform method development

The salary range for this position is $137,301 to $160,077 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

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About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

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Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A\_to\_part\_810