Electrical Engineering Internship - Summer 2026

Company Overview

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. 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 offering an exciting opportunity for students to join our Electrical Engineering team as an intern for Summer 2026. The internship provides a unique, hands-on experience, allowing you to contribute to design, implementation, and operation of control systems for our test reactor. In this role, you will contribute to the design of a test reactor for the development of the Kairos Power Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR). You will work in a multi-disciplinary team and provides support to aspects of measurement instrumentation and automated digital system process control.

General Responsibilities

• Assist in the design and implementation of control systems for the test reactor.
• Support measurement instrumentation and automated digital system process control.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective integration of control systems.
• Participate in troubleshooting and optimizing control systems to enhance performance.
• Perform data collection, analysis, and documentation to support project needs.
• Contribute to the preparation and review of technical reports and presentations.
• Engage in continuous learning and professional development to stay current with industry trends.
• Support various engineering tasks, including testing, validation, and prototyping.
• Actively participate in team meetings, providing updates and contributing to discussions.
• Maintain clear and organized records of all work performed. cts of design and operation.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Physical Conditions

Environmental Conditions

Safety and PPE

The hourly range for this position is $28 to $32 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 may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

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 Energy's 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. https : / / www.law.cornell.edu / cfr / text / 10 / appendix-A_to_part_810