Senior Quality Engineer

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.

Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to independently lead quality assurance assessments of hardware processes and projects against safety and delivery commitments for design, testing, component manufacturing, construction, and operation. The Senior Quality Engineer uses assessment results to drive continuous improvement of Kairos Power’s quality management system in partnership with design, testing, manufacturing, construction, and operations teams.

• Partner with design, testing, manufacturing, construction, and operations teams developing quality plans, processes and procedures to support hardware development and delivery.
• Independently lead quality assurance assessments of hardware design, testing, component manufacturing, construction, and operation processes and projects, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance, ensure work effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Translate quality assurance assessment findings from unsatisfied commitments to clearly defined and actionable corrective and preventative actions supported by causal analyses.
• Communicate quality assurance assessment outcomes and the evaluation of process compliance and hardware effectiveness to technical teams, stakeholders, associated leaders, and senior leadership.
• Mentor Quality Engineers in the application of quality assurance methods and analyses across the technology development lifecycle.
• Improve the Kairos Power quality management system and quality assurance processes and guidance based on project needs and lessons learned from quality assurance assessment outcomes, nonconformances and operating experience.
• Collaborate with teams across Kairos Power sites, including travel as needed to support project activities.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned, which may include hands-on work involving hardware fabrication, assembly, testing, commissioning, and operation.

• Bachelor’s degree (or greater) in engineering or other technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in quality assurance for engineering in industries with robust safety and reliability requirements, such as aerospace, automotive, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, commercial railway and shipping, petrochemicals, or large infrastructure construction.
• At least 8 years of experience using ISO-based management standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, AS9100, IATF (ISO/TS) 16949, ISO 17025, ISO 13485, ISO/TS 22163, and ISO 29001 and API Q1/Q2.
• Experience in quality management system implementation and management, including writing procedures and guidance documents, providing training and leading continuous improvement programs to revise existing program elements.

• Demonstrated ability to use regulations, codes and standards, specifications, and other requirements in quality assurance assessments to determine activity compliance and the effectiveness of activity outcomes and work products.
• Demonstrated ability to use quality assurance methods and analyses across product development lifecycle, including design control, configuration management, inspections and tests, records management, and experience interfacing with suppliers for quality…