Distinguished Engineer, Reactor Systems
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
The Reactor Systems department is seeking a highly accomplished Distinguished Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across reactor system design, integration, analysis, testing, qualification, and deployment for Kairos Power’s fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology. This role will establish the long-term technical vision, engineering strategy, and architectural direction for reactor systems to ensure that reactor system designs meet safety, performance, quality, manufacturability, maintainability, and deployment objectives.
The Distinguished Engineer provides independent technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations, shaping reactor system architecture, design philosophy, engineering standards and technical strategy f