Senior IC&E Embedded Systems 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.

• →Advanced working knowledge of analog and digital circuit design principles applicable to instrumentation, controls, and high-reliability electronic systems. 
• →Working knowledge of PCB design principles, including grounding, power distribution, signal integrity, component selection, derating, and EMI/EMC considerations. 
• →Ability to independently translate system and hardware requirements into practical hardware designs. 
• →Ability to evaluate design alternatives and make technically sound decisions considering reliability, performance, manufacturability, testability, and cost. 
• →Ability to troubleshoot complex electronic hardware using structured debugging and root-cause-analysis methods. 
• →Ability to develop and execute hardware verification, validation, integration, and qualification test activities. 
• →Ability to interpret technical requirements, standards, specifications, and engineering documentation applicable to assigned work. 
• →Ability to produce clear, accurate, and traceable engineering documentation. 
• →Ability to identify technical risks, communicate their potential impact, and recommend appropriate mitigation actions.
• →Ability to effectively review the technical work of others and provide constructive engineering feedback. 
• →Ability to work effectively across engineering disciplines and with manufacturing, suppliers, procurement, quality, and testing organizations. 
• →Ability to manage assigned technical work with limited supervision and exercise independent engineering judgment within established requirements and processes. 
• →Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to technical and cross-functional stakeholders.
• →Ability to provide technical guidance or mentoring to less-experienced engineers within areas of expertise.
• →Ability to work with highly collaborative team. 
• →Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently. 
• →Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others. 
• →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. 

• Ascending or descending ladders and stairs.
• Setting up and transferring temporary structures (e.g. scaffolding, ladders). 
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces. 
• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods. 
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another. 
• Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 30 pounds in all directions. 
• Communicating with others to exchange information. 
• Operating motor vehicles, heavy equipment or machinery.
• Use hand tools.
• Repetitive assembly operations of manufacturing test fixtures and test setups in collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams. 

• Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs.
• Manipulating, cleaning and disposal of hazardous materials.
• 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, etc. 

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:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

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