Sr. Systems Integration Engineer - Kairos Power

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Engineering Integration Engineer with a strong technical background who can integrate across multidisciplinary teams through concept development, objectives and requirements definition, analysis, detailed design, manufacture, and production/deployment for the Kairos Power Fluoride Salt-Cooled High Temperature Reactor technology. You will work in a small, highly empowered team where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program, by ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered in the engineering process for maximizing the value of the final product.

Responsibilities

• This role will be very hands on and will require you to facilitate across various stakeholders to achieve integration of both technical and program objectives to drive and deliver results.
• You will help solve and efficiently work through specific cross functional issues that arise through the design, build, and test efforts.
• You will have to apply your strong technical background and knowledge to lead efforts to close multiple trades and drive towards key decisions, coordinate project reviews, while maintaining excellent communication with the project lead(s) of status and issues.
• Partner with teams in all parts of the organization to understand, synthesize, and support development of good engineering and business practices.
• Performing tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical, Aerospace, or other related engineering discipline and BS (8+ years experience), MS (4+ years experience), or PhD (4+ years experience)
• 3+ years of progressive engineering experience working in the full lifecycle of products from concept, design, analysis, testing, and manufacture in a development-to-production environment
• Demonstrates technical, systems engineering, systems-thinking in a large variety of challenges (like managing interactions across system boundaries and interfaces), and can dive in deeper technically, where needed
• A scrappy team player, who will actively pitch-in wherever necessary - with excellent interpersonal, written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
• Desire and ability to function in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and adjust workload based upon changing priorities, with careful attention to detail 
• Experience with Jama Connect or similar digital requirements management tools desired
• Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering methods desired
• Experience with Process Design, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) desired
• Ability to think outside of the box and challenge the status quo
• Impeccably organized with careful attention to detail
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team
• Ability to problem solve quickly and efficiently
• 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
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others

Physical Conditions

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Communicating with others to exchange information

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment
• Noisy environments (if visiting manufacturing areas to collaborate)
• Accessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced
• Autonomously driven and demanding atmosphere

Safety and PPE

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
• Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions
• Color identification: detecting, distinguishing, recognizing and identifying colors
• Wearing proper PPE, to include face mask, face shields, gloves, safety shoes, as required

Travel

• Some travel may be required (up to 20%) to other Kairos Power offices and customer locations

Additional Requirements 

• Requires schedule flexibility 
• Requires occasional non-standard work-week hours
• Requires occasional extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines