Kairos Power
Senior Plant Reliability Engineer
Albuquerque, NM +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States - Experience
- At least 10 years of engineering experience.
- Education
- BS degree in Nuclear Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Systems Engineering, or another relevant technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Facility access requires Department of Energy authorization for Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries not on the DOE general authorization list may not work in the facility unless DOE issues the company an export control license. Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.
About the job
Leads reliability assessments and investigations for nuclear and non-nuclear hardware projects across design, manufacturing, testing, commissioning, and operation.
What you'll do
- Lead integrated reliability assessments, hazard evaluations, and technical investigations; evaluate risk results and communicate conclusions and residual risks.
- Analyze operating experience and equipment performance data to inform reliability, availability, and project improvements.
- Mentor engineers and improve reliability methods, guidance, and work processes; support commissioning and operations, including shift coverage.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed or other relevant technical discipline.
- At least 10 years of engineering experience supporting plant-system and component reliability and performance, including integrated reliability and risk analyses.
- Ability to independently lead technical assessments or investigations and document conclusions amid incomplete or evolving information.
- Experience applying qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, and providing technical review and mentoring.
Nice to have
- Experience analyzing operating, failure, maintenance, and outage data to evaluate reliability and availability.
Tools
FMEA, HAZOP, what-if analysis, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, dependency analysis
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