Kairos Power
Senior Plant Reliability Engineer
Albuquerque, NM · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
Systems EngineeringMechanical DesignHardware DesignMentoring
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About the role
- In this role, you will contribute to the development and commercialization of Kairos Power reactors.
Responsibilities
- Independently lead integrated reliability assessments, hazard evaluations and technical investigations, partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate reliability considerations into hardware design, manufacturing, testing, commissioning, and operation.
- Update applicable assessments as needed based on changes to system design, configuration or operating conditions.
- Collaborate with teams across Kairos Power sites, including travel as needed to support project activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned, which may include hands-on work involving hardware fabrication, assembly, testing, commissioning, and operation.
- Provide Reliability support for selected major hardware demonstration projects during commissioning and operations, including
Requirements
- BS degree in Nuclear Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Systems Engineering, or another relevant technical discipline.
- At least 10 years of engineering experience supporting the reliability and performance of plant systems and components, including experience performing integrated reliability and risk analyses.
- Experience applying qualitative and quantitative analysis methods such as FMEA, HAZOP, what-if analysis, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, dependency analysis, or equivalent methods.
- Experience providing technical review and mentoring other engineers.
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to assess how component failures, system dependencies and operating conditions affect plant reliability and availability.
- Ability to select and apply reliability and risk analysis methods appropriate to the question, decisions being supported and maturity of the hardware.
- Ability to interpret equipment performance and operating experience and identify reliability implications that inform engineering decisions
- Ability to communicate technical findings and residual risks clearly to multidisciplinary teams and leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead technical assessments or investigations and develop documented conclusions in a fast-paced environment with incomplete or evolving information.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical work and build alignment across disciplines and organizational levels.
- Ability to identify, document and communicate assumptions, data limitations and uncertainties in technical assessments.
- Physical Conditions
Nice to have
- Preferred experience analyzing operating, failure, maintenance, and outage data to evaluate component and system reliability, equipment unavailability and plant availability.
Compensation
- Competitive compensation packages
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
- shift coverage as needed.
Company info
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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
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