Kairos Power · 1 week ago
Senior Structural FEA Engineer
Alameda, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$141K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expKairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy. They are seeking a Senior Structural FEA Engineer to lead the structural analysis effort on projects for a generation IV Nuclear Power Plant, ensuring technical correctness and meeting project requirements.
EnergyEnvironmental EngineeringNuclearOil and Gas
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support both Engineering Design and Modeling/Simulation activities
Develop new design-by-analysis methodologies and implement existing standardized design-by-analysis tools for stress and failure analyses of metallic and graphite systems, structures, and components (SSCs)
Develop models and perform thermal-mechanical analysis of metallic and graphite SSCs using Finite Element Methods (FEA) to support the Engineering Design, Safety Analysis, and Testing teams
Prepare structural calculations and design analysis reports
Support the company’s effort to improve the robustness, consistency, and efficacy of its design analysis workflow
Support uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts for Kairos structural components and systems
Support management and work program leadership in meeting company’s licensing milestones and deliverables, including NQA-1 activities and V&V (Verification and Validation)
Provide mentorship to junior engineers and analysts
Support Software Quality Assurance (SQA) implementation
Support software and hardware acquisition activities, including cloud computing resources
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. or MS with equivalent PhD experience in Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, Structural/Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, or related field, or M.S. with equivalent professional experience
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with Finite Element Methods applied to graphite and/or metallic SSCs
Strong experience in the development of scientific code and software using Python, C++, Fortran, or similar programming languages
ANSYS or Abaqus experience is required
Computer-aided design (CAD) experience is required
Experience with preparing high-quality engineering calculation packages and technical reports is required
Experience with industrial Codes and Standards, particularly ASME BPVC Section III/VIII, is required
Experience with high-performance computing and managing software
Excellent knowledge of FEA and other spatial/time discretization techniques for partial differential equation (PDE) systems
Knowledge of uncertainty quantification (UQ), verification and validation (V&V), and model calibration
Responsible, flexible, open to new ideas, collaborative in nature with full buy-in to the Kairos Power mission
Team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
Ability to work with highly collaborative team
Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self 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
Benefits
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)
Company
Kairos Power
Kairos Power is an ancient Greek word that relates the importance of timeliness and a call to action.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.02MKey Investors
New Mexico Economic Development DepartmentBloombergNEF
2022-06-03Grant· $0.02M
2022-04-14Grant
Leadership Team
Mike Laufer
CEO
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