Senior IC&E Embedded Systems Engineer
Kairos PowerAlameda, Canada
Full Time
Posted August 15, 2026
$141k - $165k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed September 29, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Nuclear Energy
- Pay provenance
- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
The Senior Engineer IC&E Systems Design Engineer is responsible for the design and development of custom, safety-critical instrumentation and control hardware systems for an advanced nuclear power plant.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop analog and digital circuits for IC&E systems, including signal conditioning, power distribution, and control logic.
- Create and review schematics and PCB layouts , working closely with layout engineers and manufacturers.
- Support system architecture development , including interface definition and hardware integration.
- Contribute to design trade studies balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
- Prototyping, Integration & Testing.
- Support bring-up, debugging and validation of hardware prototypes.
- Develop and execute test plans and procedures for functional and qualification testing.
- Analyze test data and implement design improvements.
- Work hands-on with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, DAQs, etc.) to characterize and troublesho ot hardware.
- Safety-Critical System Development.
- Contribute to the design of Reactor Protection System (RPS) hardware under guidance.
- Apply principles of fault tolerance, redundancy and fail-safe design.
- Interpret and implement requirements derived from nuclear safety standards.
- Identify technical risks and design issues and develop or recommend solutions consistent with system requirements and engineering processes.
- Documentation & Nuclear Quality.
- Produce and maintain high-quality engineering documentation:
- Schematics and design descriptions.
- In terface definitions.
- Test plans, procedures and reports.
- Bills of materials and configuration records.
- Ensure traceability of requirements, design decisions and test results.
- Participate in formal design reviews and configuration control processes.
- Configuration management, design control and change-control processes in accordance with applicable quality requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration.
- Work closely with manufacturing, procurement, testing, and systems engineering teams.
- Support vendor engagement for fabrication, assembly, and component selection.
- Contribute to resolving integration and production challenges.
- Technical Development & Knowledge Sharing.
- Maintains and expands technical expertise in high-reliability electronics design, nuclear regulatory and quality requirements, and the end-to-end hardware development lifecycle.
- Applies evolving technical knowledge and industry best practices to assigned design, testing and integration activities.
- Shares technical knowledge and lessons learned with team members and contributes to continuous improvement of engineering practices..
- Takes increasing ownership of complex technical assignments and provides guidance to less-experienced engineers within areas of expertise.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in regulated or high-reliability environments (nuclear, aerospace, medical, etc.).
- 6 years of relevant engineering experience involving electronic hardware, instrumentation and control systems, or related systems design.
- Demonstrated experience in analog and digital circuit design.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence, Ki Cad).
- Experience with lab instrumentation and debugging.
- Experience with PCB layout considerations (stack-up, routing constraints, EMI/EMC awareness) is preferred but not required.
- Experience with S tructured root-cause analysis to debugging and failure analysis is preferred but not required.
- Exposure to system integration and hardware interfaces is preferred but not required.
- Exposure to FPGA or programmable logic (e.g., basic HDL, Verilog, interfacing) is preferred but not required.
- Experience with E mbedded systems experience (microcontrollers, firmware bring-up) is preferred but not re quired.
- Demonstrated contribution to hardware development projects (academic or industry) is preferred but not required.
- Experience taking a design from concept through testing or integration is prefer red but not required.
- Requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines occasionally.
- The salary range for this position is $140,600 - $165,000 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 maybe used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, ability, and the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
- Onsite: #LI-Onsite • Hybrid: #LI-Hybrid
Benefits & Perks
- We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- 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)
- Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
- Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
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