Senior Nuclear Process Engineer – Inert Gas and Tritium Management

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 Senior Process Design Engineer to support the Cover Gas and Tritium Management Systems for our first low-power demonstration nuclear reactor and future commercial reactor units. In this role you will help define and deliver high-purity cover gas processes that ensure safe reliable and clean operation of the reactor. This position offers the opportunity to shape core nuclear systems from design through commissioning in a collaborative and fast-paced engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and integration of Inert Gas System (IGS) processes and components for an advanced reactor ensuring safety performance and regulatory alignment.
• Define technical basis for IGS designs that enable high-purity gas operations and effective removal of chemical and radioactive impurities encompassing process architecture component selection and operating strategies.
• Develop and maintain key system documentation such as P&IDs process control narratives and design specifications.
• Define and execute testing commissioning and acceptance plans to verify performance reliability and maintainability of critical hardware.
• Collaborate across disciplinesPlant Design Process Design I&C Operations and Safetyto ensure seamless integration of IGS with interfacing systems.
• Select and qualify materials instrumentation and components for use in radioactive gas and high-temperature environments.
• Support hazard analyses FMEA and licensing efforts to ensure robust safety and regulatory compliance.
• Work with vendors and suppliers to specify and evaluate nuclear-grade gas handling and tritium management equipment.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to engineers developing next-generation gas and process systems.

Qualifications

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Physical Demands

Environmental Conditions

Travel

The salary range for this position is $118100 to $139000 for employees working onsite at our Albuquerque NM location. 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.

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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 :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Distributed Control Systems,Continuous Improvement,Process Improvement,Minitab,Root cause Analysis,Tooling,Statistical Software,Process Engineering,cGMP,Programmable Logic Controllers,Public Speaking,Manufacturing

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 118100 - 139000