Kairos Power
Senior IC&E Embedded Systems Engineer
$141K–$165K
Alameda, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Location
- Alameda, CA
Alameda, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years of relevant engineering experience involving electronic hardware, instrumentation and control systems, or related systems design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- The role requires authorization from the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries not on the DOE general authorization list may not work at the facility unless DOE issues the company an export control license.
About the job
Designs and tests safety-critical instrumentation and control hardware for an advanced nuclear power plant, including circuits, PCBs, system integration, and qualification testing.
What you'll do
- Design analog and digital circuits, schematics, and PCB layouts for instrumentation and control systems.
- Integrate, troubleshoot, and validate hardware prototypes; develop and execute functional and qualification tests.
- Contribute to Reactor Protection System hardware design, safety requirements, engineering documentation, and configuration control.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of relevant engineering experience involving electronic hardware, instrumentation and control systems, or related systems design.
- Experience in a regulated or high-reliability environment and demonstrated analog and digital circuit design experience.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools, and lab instrumentation and debugging.
Nice to have
- PCB layout considerations, structured root-cause analysis, and exposure to system integration and hardware interfaces.
- Exposure to FPGA or programmable logic, embedded systems, or taking a design from concept through testing or integration.
Pay
$140,600 - $165,000 USD base salary
Tools
Altium, Cadence, Ki Cad, FPGA, Verilog, microcontrollers
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