Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Safety Analyst to join our Safety Analysis team. In this role, you will collaborate with Safety Analysis team members to perform detailed coupled thermal hydraulic and neutronics analyses that are critical to the development and licensing of the Kairos Power FHR. Your primary responsibilities will include conducting postulated-event simulations of FHR systems, documenting key analysis outputs, and supporting licensing interactions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Additional responsibilities will include interfacing with source term, design, instrumentation and control, materials, and other teams to fully define the FHR safety case. This work will play a vital role in supporting the reactor design process and licensing our advanced reactor. This position provides a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of reactor safety analysis and licensing, contributing to the development of transformative nuclear technologies.

Responsibilities

• Set up and perform integral system simulations of a first-of-a-kind advanced reactor
• Collaborate with team members to translate safety analysis methodologies into system-level simulations
• Support code verification and validation exercises to confirm the applicability, correctness, and robustness of developed models
• Analyze and postprocess calculation outputs to evaluate reactor behavior
• Compile analysis reports that contribute to reactor license applications
• Interfacing with various stakeholder organizations to provide insights regarding safety-related impacts of design choices. 

Qualifications

• MS (with 3+ years of experience) or PhD in Nuclear Engineering or a related field with a strong emphasis on numerical simulation
• Demonstrated experience in the definition and execution of computational analyses of complex thermal hydraulic systems including problem definition, domain discretization, numerical scheme setup, and data processing. 
• Experience in the use of nuclear system codes, such as SAM or RELAP, is highly desired
• Experience in the performance of verification and validation of numerical models is a plus
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics codes is a plus
• Experience in the development of C++ or Fortran based thermal hydraulic simulation code is a plus
• Proficiency with Python for scripting, data analysis, and plotting
• Proficiency in LaTeX for technical documentation
• Experience collaborating with version control tools, such as Git
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities
• 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

Physical Conditions

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
• Communicating with others to exchange information

Environmental Conditions

• General office environment
• High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced

Travel

• Some travel may be required to support work at Kairos Power locations or external engagements (e.g., conferences). <10%.

Additional Requirements

• Occasionally requires schedule flexibility
• Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines

The salary range for this position is $116,400 to $137,000 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 may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.

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