Senior Structural FEA Engineer

Overview

Lead structural FEA analysis for nuclear power plant and prototype projects

Key Responsibilities

• design analysis
• fea
• uq
• sqa
• licensing
• mentorship

Tasks

-Support the company’s effort to improve the robustness, consistency, and efficacy of its design analysis workflow. -Provide mentorship to junior engineers and analysts. -Support management and work program leadership in meeting company’s licensing milestones and deliverables, including NQA-1 activities and V&V (Verification and Validation). -Support both Engineering Design and Modeling/Simulation activities. -Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others. -Communicating with others to exchange information. -Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned. -Support Software Quality Assurance (SQA) implementation. -Develop new design-by-analysis methodologies and implement existing standardized design-by-analysis tools for stress and failure analyses of metallic and graphite systems, structures, and components (SSCs). -Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another. -Remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods. -Prepare structural calculations and design analysis reports. -Support uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts for Kairos structural components and systems. -Develop models and perform thermal-mechanical analysis of metallic and graphite SSCs using Finite Element Methods (FEA) to support the Engineering Design, Safety Analysis, and Testing teams. -Support software and hardware acquisition activities, including cloud computing resources.

Requirements

• fea
• ph.d.
• python
• ansys
• hpc
• cad

What You Bring

-Excellent knowledge of FEA and other spatial/time discretization techniques for partial differential equation (PDE) systems. -Ph.D. or MS with equivalent PhD experience in Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, Structural/Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, or related field, or M.S. with equivalent professional experience. -Team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization. -Knowledge of uncertainty quantification (UQ), verification and validation (V&V), and model calibration. -Strong experience in the development of scientific code and software using Python, C++, Fortran, or similar programming languages. -A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with Finite Element Methods applied to graphite and/or metallic SSCs. -Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues. -ANSYS or Abaqus experience is required. -Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently. -High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced. -Ability to work with highly collaborative team. -Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge. -Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts and the like. -Experience with industrial Codes and Standards, particularly ASME BPVC Section III/VIII, is required. -Experience with high-performance computing and managing software. -Experience with preparing high-quality engineering calculation packages and technical reports is required. -Computer-aided design (CAD) experience is required.

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Benefits

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

About Kairos Power

-Revolutionizing nuclear energy with molten-salt reactors since 2016. -Headquartered in Alameda, CA, with R&D hubs from Tennessee to New Mexico, integrating research and manufacturing. -Pioneers in fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (KP-FHR), using TRISO fuel for enhanced safety in low-pressure operations. -Planning factories for salt coolant and TRISO fuel, expanding testbeds in New Mexico to advance their vertically integrated strategy. -Aiming to supply both commercial and research campuses, driving a new era of nuclear deployment. -Modular approach targets cost-predictable, factory-built reactors to support AI centers, strengthen power grids, and decarbonize energy.

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