Materials Computational Scientist Intern Summer 2026

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the worlds transition to clean energy with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve peoples 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 is seeking a highly motivated Intern with expertise in the development and application of numerical material models to metallic systems structures and this role you will help with the development and deployment of advanced modeling and simulation tools to support the timely and cost effective delivery of major engineering programs and test will act as a key interface between the Materials and Modeling & Simulation teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the calibration verification and validation (V&V) and uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts associated with the development and deployment of the companys structural material models;
• Participate to the deployment of the companys material data management systems;
• Collaborate with the Materials team on the definition of test matrices aimed at improving overall goodness of fit and / or reducing modeling uncertainty;
• Publish engineering reports documenting
• Maintain knowledge of and assess compliance with applicable codes and standards
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Physical Demands

Environmental Conditions

The hourly rate for this position is $32-34 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 maybe used to determine your actual salary may include your education experience knowledge skills ability and the market data for your work location and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

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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 :

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 Energys 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. Experience :

Intern

Key Skills

Microsoft Office,Public Relations,Google Docs,Data Collection,MailChimp,Microsoft Word,Dermal Fillers,Microsoft Powerpoint,Research Experience,Microsoft Excel,Adobe Photoshop,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Intern

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 32 - 34