Lead Mechanical Engineer, Spent Fuel Storage

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.

Job Summary

Kairos Power, LLC is seeking a highly motivated Spent Fuel Storage Design Engineer with expertise relevant to design, development, testing and manufacturing of automated systems for fuel storage equipment. The successful candidate will be a critical member of the KP-FHR Spent Fuel Storage team.

Responsibilities

- Lead the resolution of system wide challenges, engaging with subject matter experts across Kairos Power to deliver solutions.

- Support building layout decisions including sizing estimation, conceptual operations, interface definitions and design envelope development.

- Contribute to make/buy analysis, supplier selections and the development of manufacturing plans.

- Mentor Spent Fuel Storage team members on technical challenges, testing strategies, and conceptual designs.

- Manage external interfaces, both internal and external to Kairos, to meet delivery schedules to support company objectives.

- Support the design and prototyping of critical subsystems of the KP-FHR storage system equipment.

- Engage with manufacturing and operations at the KP-SW campus to support the manufacturing, assembly, and operation of high fidelity and full scall fuel handling equipment.

Qualifications

- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent with industry fuel handling equipment experience.

- 8+ years of experience.

- Experience leading a team of engineers.

- Experience designing in high radiation environments, including building layout considerations, shielding, material selection, and sensor selection.

- Experience with ASME BPVC design codes

- Experience working in a conceptual design space, developing system requirements, operations, mechanical envelopes, and interfaces.

- Experience interfacing with manufacturing teams and an understanding of manufacturing processes.

- Experience designing for Nuclear, Energy, Defense, or Aerospace applications.

- SolidWorks experience required.

- Experience with high temperature systems is desired

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

- Ability to work collaboratively with others including, but not limited to Technicians, Engineers and Designers in a multi-discipline project team environment to resolve design, drawing, test, or manufacturing issues as appropriate to accomplish objectives.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.

Physical Demands

- Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts and the like

- Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 30 pounds in all directions

- Use of machine and hand tools

Environmental Conditions

- General office environment

- Laboratory environment

Safety and PPE

- Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs

- Manipulating, cleaning and disposal of hazardous materials

- Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions

- Wearing proper PPE, to include face mask, face shields, gloves, safety shoes

Travel

- Some travel may be required (up to 20%)

The salary range for this position is $140,600 to $165,400 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.

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.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

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