Kairos Power
Senior Engineer, Reactor Vessel
Alameda, CA · Senior
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About the role
- The Reactor Vessel System team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Engineer to join the growing Reactor Systems department.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage design scope for reactor vessel components, interfaces, and hardware packages.
- Develop and maintain reactor vessel requirements, design bases, interface definitions, verification plans, and supporting technical documentation.
- Lead the mechanical design and technical execution of assigned reactor vessel structures, components, and interfaces, ensuring compliance with system requirements and design objectives.
- Lead or support design integration reviews to ensure reactor vessel and interfacing SSC designs are compatible, constructible, inspectable, and maintainable.
- Prepare and review mechanical engineering documentation and perform or guide supporting analyses, including drawings, design reports, test plans, memos, specifications, calculations, technical reports, thermal and structural analyses, pressure-boundary evaluations, FMEAs, and other mechanical design assessments.
- Engage with manufacturing, assembly, suppliers, and operations teams to support reactor vessel fabrication, inspection, installation, testing, and maintenance, including review of fabrication drawings, manufacturing processes, inspection plans, material certifications, and nonconformance dispositions.
- Maintain assigned design records in accordance with configuration management, document control, and technical change control processes.
- Lead technical interactions with suppliers for assigned reactor vessel components, including specification development, technical evaluations, manufacturing support, acceptance criteria, and resolution of technical issues.
- Develop technical estimates, identify technical risks, and provide engineering input supporting project planning, cost, schedule, and execution decisions.-
- Provide independent engineering recommendations and technical decision support within assigned design scope, identifying risks, assumptions, and recommended mitigation strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in mechanical design, nuclear component design, pressure vessel design, high-temperature systems, structural components, or complex hardware development is required.
- Demonstrated experience independently leading design, analysis, fabrication support, testing, or qualification of pressure vessels, reactor vessels, or other safety-significant mechanical systems is required.
- Experience developing and reviewing engineering docum
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