Senior Mechanical Engineer

Summary

Join Kairos Power as a Senior Mechanical Engineer specializing in Remote Handling for our innovative nuclear energy technology. You will design, develop, and demonstrate remotely operated systems for reactor maintenance and inspection, minimizing operational impact. Collaboration with various engineering teams is crucial, as is mentoring junior engineers. This role involves conceptualizing integrated solutions, leading demonstrations, and publishing engineering reports. You will also integrate design-to-cost and design-for-manufacturing principles. The position requires significant experience in mechanical engineering, robotics, and related fields.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience developing and delivering hardware for uniquely demanding applications
• Proficiency in computer methods for data acquisition, control, and analysis
• Proven team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with precision weldments
• Experience with power generation systems
• Strong background in low voltage electrical systems, optical systems, and computer control of machines
• Familiarity with design and operation of pressure systems and fluid conveyance systems
• Broad experience with power electronics such as servos, motors, electromagnets
• Familiarity with non-destructive inspection and analysis techniques
• Experience as a technical mentor
• Ability to work within a highly collaborative team
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others
• Ability to proactively collect, manage, and transfer knowledge
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges, and issues

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative mechanical handling solutions for the full range of activities inside reactor system shielding cells
• Collaborate with Engineering Teams to organize inputs to shape online and offline reactor system maintenance
• Track testing and demonstration opportunities to test unit and reactor schedules and communicate proposals to related teams and leadership
• Conceptualize integrated solutions backed by execution plans for rapid demonstration
• Actively participate with Civil Structures Teams, Component Engineers, Reliability Engineers, Fabrication Teams, and Laboratory Staff to align and accelerate test hardware development
• Lead collaborative conceptual reviews and physical Remote Handling demonstrations through design, build, test iterations of scaled system prototypes
• Publish engineering reports documenting design details and test results
• Integrate design to cost and design for manufacturing efforts broadly across systems
• Deliver test-proven hardware to large-scale molten salt engineering test and reactor systems through SolidWorks CAD design, drawing review and release, and working with internal fabrication teams to realize product
• Participate in and conduct inspections, quality checks, pre-commissioning checks and testing, installation, shakedown, tuning, hot commissioning, and other steps to verify performance
• Keep pace with maturing reactor system design evolutions with aim to continuously improve
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in robotics and machine design, preferred in safety-significant systems
• Expertise with material selection and compatibility, preferred knowledge of radiation effects on materials

Benefits

• 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)