Kairos Power
Design and deploy mechanical components for FHR reactor vessel auxiliary systems.
-Perform design verification and validation activities to ensure component performance meets functional and safety requirements. -Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions. -Support supplier and vendor engagement, including reviewing fabrication drawings, manufacturing processes, and inspection reports. -Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 30 pounds in all directions. -Manage the mechanical design of reactor internal components for KP-FHR reactor vessel auxiliary systems. -Create and review engineering documentation such as mechanical drawings, test plans, memos, specifications, and technical reports. -Regularly interface and communicate component requirements with other disciplinary teams including nuclear design, reactor vessel design, safety analysis, and manufacturing. -Engage with manufacturing and operations teams to support component fabrication, assembly, testing, and operations. -Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines -Plan and work with testing teams on prototype, development, and qualification testing of reactor internal components. -Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs. -Participate in peer design reviews and technical audits to ensure compliance with quality and performance objectives. -Working with hand tools to assemble equipment and hardware as necessary. -Assist in cost, schedule, and risk assessments related to mechanical design and testing activities. -Maintain knowledge of and assess compliance with applicable codes and standards such as ASME, ANSI, ASTM, and others. -Participate in hazard and failure analyses (HAZOP, FMEA, FTA) and incorporate safety insights into design iterations. -Independently perform engineering analyses such as thermal analyses, structural analyses, and failure mode and effects analyses or guide these analyses when performed by Kairos Power teams. -Contribute to configuration management by maintaining design baselines, revision control, and traceability of changes. -Design custom 3D models of components to be compatible with interfacing systems, structures, and components; support thermal, stress, and failure analyses; and aid in design for manufacturing and assembly reviews.
-Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting, for prolonged periods. -Experience in reactor component fabrication and life cycle management processes including equipment qualification, in-service inspection, and other programs. -Knowledge of FEA and CFD methods and ability to apply results to mechanical design decisions. -Experience working to a quality standard, such as ASME NQA-1 or ISO 9001. -Bachelor’s or advanced degree in mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, materials engineering or related field. -4+ years of relevant industry or R&D experience in hands-on engineering design and deployment within the nuclear, aerospace, oil and gas, chemical, or power industries. -Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility is a plus. -Experience in drafting fabrication and assembly drawings, design for manufacturing, and GD&T/ASME Y14.5. -Strong analytical problem-solving abilities to resolve complex design issues efficiently. -Wearing proper PPE, to include face mask, face shields, gloves, safety shoes, as required. -Experience with prototype or test rig development for mechanical systems. -Ability to apply design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA) principles. -Knowledge of system safety and reliability analysis methods such as FMEA and HAZOP. -Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, high-temperature materials behavior, and corrosion mechanisms in irradiated or molten salt environments. -Skill in design verification, validation, and qualification testing. -Capability to mentor and train junior engineers and interns. -Experience using analytical methods and FEA simulations to perform thermal and stress analysis is a plus. -Self-motivated with strong time management skills and ownership mentality. -Knowledge of configuration management and design control processes. -Ability to work collaboratively with others, including engineers, designers, machinists, fabricators, technicians, and operators, in a multi-disciplinary project team environment. -Excellent communication and organizational skills as well as strong attention to detail. -Experience with design and analysis of high-temperature and/or molten salt-wetted components under irradiation is a plus. -Familiarity with applicable codes and standards such as ASME B&PV Section VIII Division 1 and 2, and Section III Division 5. -Experience with design and manufacturing of nuclear reactor internals such as fuel and control rod assemblies. -Proficiency in 3D CAD design (e.g., SolidWorks or equivalent) and engineering analysis tools for thermal and structural modeling. -Experience in mechanical design and 3D CAD modeling (Solidworks or equivalent). -Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts and the like. -Some travel may be required (10%). -Dedication to safety and risk management consistent with expectations of designing and deploying components that are critical to the safe operation of a nuclear reactor. -Ability to apply systems-thinking to evaluate interdependencies across reactor subsystems. -Experience with configuration management systems or PLM tools. -Skill in collaborating with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure design integrity and code compliance. -Ability to interpret and apply industry standards and codes (ASME, ANSI, ASTM, ASME BPVC).
-Paid Vacation -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
-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.
Energy
Nuclear
Clean Energy
Advanced Reactor Technology
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