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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.\nSystems Engineer III\nLocation: Alameda, CA, Albuquerque, NM / Remote in the U.S.\nCompany Overview\nKairos Power is a nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal of dramatically improving people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. Kairos Power is commercializing the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor, designed to provide robust safety, affordable cost, and flexible operation that supports the expansion of variable renewable energy.\nJob Summary\nKairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer III to support the development and integration of advanced nuclear energy systems. In this role, you will apply disciplined systems engineering methods to translate program objectives, stakeholder needs, and design inputs into clear, verifiable technical requirements and integrated system solutions.\nYou will develop and maintain requirements, functional architectures, system architectures, interfaces, and verification strategies across multiple levels of the product and plant architecture. You will work closely with engineering disciplines, project management, licensing, quality, operations, suppliers, and external partners to identify integration concerns and resolve cross-functional technical issues.\nThe role will lead focused systems engineering activities, coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews, evaluate the system-level impacts of proposed changes, and support the management of technical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies throughout the engineering lifecycle. You will also mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of Kairos Power systems engineering processes, tools, templates, training, and command media.\nResponsibilities\nDevelop, allocate, maintain, and trace technical requirements across multiple levels of product and plant architecture.\nTranslate program objectives, stakeholder needs, design inputs, and regulatory considerations into clear, complete, consistent, and verifiable requirements.\nPerform and support functional analysis and decomposition to define required system behavior and establish traceability between functions, requirements, architecture, and verification activities.\nDevelop and maintain functional, logical, and physical system architectures.\nDefine, document, coordinate, and manage internal and external interfaces between systems, organizations, suppliers, facilities, and external partners.\nDevelop verification strategies, methods, plans, acceptance criteria, and evidence needed to demonstrate that requirements have been satisfied.\nCoordinate and facilitate multidisciplinary requirements, architecture, interface, integration, and verification reviews.\nMaintain knowledge of and support compliance with applicable company procedures, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.\nOther duties as assigned\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.\nRelevant professional experience applying systems engineering methods to complex engineering programs or products.\nExperience developing, allocating, maintaining, and tracing technical requirements.\nExperience with one or more of the following:\nFunctional analysis and decomposition\nSystem architecture development\nInterface definition and management\nSystem integration\nRequirements verification and validation\nTechnical change-impact assessment\nExperience coordinating technical reviews or leading focused cross-functional engineering activities.\nStrong technical writing, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.\nPreferred\nExperience in the nuclear industry, power generation, aerospace, defense, energy, or another highly regulated industry.\nExperience using requirements management tools such as Jama Connect.\nExperience with model-based systems engineering methods and tools.\nFamiliarity with applicable nuclear quality, licensing, safety, or regulatory practices.\nExperience supporting design reviews, trade studies, configuration management, or technical baseline management.\nFamiliarity with relevant systems engineering standards and guidance, such as ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 or the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook.\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities\nKnowledge\nKnowledge of systems engineering lifecycle processes and technical management practices.\nKnowledge of requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation.\nKnowledge of functional, logical, and physical architecture development.\nKnowledge of interface identification, definition, documentation, and control.\nKnowledge of system integration, configuration management, and engineering change-control principles.\nKnowledge of technical risk, assumption, issue, opportunity, and dependency management.\nGeneral knowledge of engineering design, licensing, quality, operations, and project execution within complex technical programs.\nSkills\nSkill in writing clear, concise, implementation-independent, and verifiable technical requirements.\nSkill in performing functional analysis, architecture development, interface analysis, and change-impact assessment.\nSkill in using requirements management, modeling, analysis, and documentation tools.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.\nAbilities\nAbility to evaluate complex systems holistically and recognize interactions, dependencies, and unintended consequences.\nAbility to work collaboratively across engineering disciplines, organizations, and levels of technical authority.\nAbility to balance technical rigor with program cost, schedule, risk, and execution needs.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced engineering environment.\nAbility to proactively collect, organize, manage, and transfer technical knowledge.\nPhysical Demands\nRemaining in a stationary position, including sitting or standing, for prolonged periods.\nMoving about office, laboratory, manufacturing, or test-facility environments.\nCommunicating with others to exchange technical information.\nOperating computers and other standard office equipment.\nEnvironmental Conditions\nGeneral office environment.\nHigh-concentration, demanding, and fast-paced work environment.\nPeriodic work in prototyping, laboratory, test-facility, manufacturing, or industrial environments. \nSafety and Personal Protective Equipment\nReporting equipment issues, hazards, and unsafe conditions.\nFollowing applicable safety procedures and posted warning requirements.\nWearing required personal protective equipment when entering laboratory, test, manufacturing, industrial, or controlled areas.\nPrioritizing the safety of oneself and others.\nTravel\nSome travel may be required (up to 10%).\nAdditional Requirements\nOccasional schedule flexibility or extended hours may be required to support critical project milestones, technical reviews, testing, or integration activities.\nTo be completed by Recruiter:\nThe salary range for this position is $x to $x for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that maybe used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, ability and the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role. \nRemote: #LI-Remote\nHybrid: #LI-Hybrid\nOnsite: #LI-Onsite\nAbout our Benefits\nWe 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:\nCompetitive compensation packages\nMedical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents\nPaid Vacation\n401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)\nKairos 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.\nKairos Power participates in E-Verify.\nCandidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.\nNote: 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. 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