Senior Engineer, Power Plant Operational Design
Listed on 2025-12-05
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Engineering
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Energy/Power Generation
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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.
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 seeking a highly motivated Senior Engineer will be part of the team focused on the development and maturation of the Concept of Operations for the KP-FHR, with near term applicability for the Hermes Demonstration Reactor. You will work in close collaboration with systems, nuclear, mechanical, process, and I&C engineering groups to ensure major plant functional and operational needs are translated into the design to ensure successful plant operation.
If you have power, chemical, or process plant operational and design experience, see how you can leverage it to support the next generation of clean energy.
Responsibilities
- Develop and refine the plant’s detailed operational strategy, including operating modes, envelopes, and key state points, leveraging deep knowledge of plant performance requirements.
- Translate operational goals into actionable system- and component-level requirements for Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs), balancing performance expectations and design constraints.
- Define anticipated and planned plant transients and collaborate with simulation teams to model and assess system responses and design adequacy.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional design teams to inform and guide plant-level decisions, ensuring operational requirements and control strategies are incorporated.
- Support design optimization efforts aimed at enhancing plant performance, reliability, and availability while mitigating technical risks.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical, or other related engineering discipline with BS (8+ years experience), or MS (6+ years experience)
- Demonstrated ability of applying engineering knowledge to deliver results while being able to thrive in an environment with evolving requirements.
- Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to clearly document operational philosophies, assumptions, and technical decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team on problems as well as lead/coordinate the timely resolution of issues in cross functional teams
- Fundamental understanding of power or industrial process plant operation and equipment and the interrelationships between them.
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to be independent, resourceful, and proactive in the face of the lack of information or unknowns.
- Desire and ability to function in a fast-paced small company environment while wearing multiple hats.
- Plant Performance - Proficient knowledge in power plant steady state performance, environmental effects on performance, tradeoffs, and understanding a variety of plant operational variability and uncertainties is strongly desired.
- Plant Dynamics – Proficient knowledge in power plant maneuvering, control of closed-loop heat transport systems,…
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