Kairos Power
Distinguished Nuclear Engineer
$235K–$294K
Alameda, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Alameda, CA
Alameda, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years of progressively responsible nuclear engineering experience; senior-level technical leadership required.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Facility access requires DOE authorization for Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries not on DOE’s general authorization list may not work at the facility unless DOE issues the company an export control license.
About the job
Provides senior technical leadership and independent engineering judgment to connect nuclear analyses with reactor design, licensing, commissioning, maintenance, and operation.
What you'll do
- Represent Nuclear Design in high-impact technical decisions and lead resolution of cross-disciplinary engineering issues.
- Ensure analytical assumptions, limits, and requirements are reflected in plant design, instrumentation, testing, procedures, and operating constraints.
- Review significant technical products and decisions, mentor engineers, and incorporate operational experience into design practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of progressively responsible nuclear engineering experience, including senior-level technical leadership.
- Direct technical responsibility in an operating nuclear facility, reactor program, startup, or commissioning organization, or comparable nuclear environment.
- Substantial nuclear licensing and design-basis experience, including operating limits, regulatory requirements, testing, and configuration/design control.
Nice to have
- Experience in an operating commercial nuclear power plant, especially reactor engineering, operations, plant engineering, or startup/commissioning.
- Experience across multiple nuclear facility lifecycle phases or with a first-of-a-kind or advanced-reactor program.
Pay
USD $235,488 to $294,360 (base salary)
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