Senior Mechanical Engineer, Remote Handling and Full Scale Integration
Kairos PowerOak Ridge, TN
Full Time
Posted December 19, 2024
$123k - $175k· Est.
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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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Job Description
Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on Remote Handling Special Components with expertise in modular hardware design for remotely operated systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Modular Maintenance System Development
- Apply lifecycle design principles including maintainability, inspectability, and decommissioning
- Integrate remote handling requirements into hardware architecture and system interfaces
- Develop and maintain interface control documentation supporting plant-level integration
- Design, build, and evaluate 1:1 scale mockups and integration test articles to validate handling concepts
- Develop structured test plans and acceptance criteria for full-scale demonstrations
- Coordinate test readiness reviews with QA and Systems Engineering
- Implement design updates based on mockup results, demonstrations, and operational feedback
- Support project planning and cost estimation for integration and testing activities
- Interface with vendors to ensure manufacturability and feasibility of specialized components
- Conduct risk and reliability assessments for maintenance systems
- Ensure compliance with nuclear regulations, safety standards, and applicable codes
- Maintain configuration-controlled design documentation
- Remote Handling Solutions
- Develop remote handling hardware enabling efficient component repair and replacement
- Lead hands-on design-build-test cycles to mature handling approaches
- Execute full-scale integration mockups to validate reach, clearances, tooling alignment, ergonomics, and sequencing
- Collaborate with reactor systems and operations teams to define online and offline maintenance strategies
- Identify integration risks early and mitigate through rapid prototyping and physical demonstration
- Testing and Validation
- Align demonstration opportunities with reactor and facility schedules
- Develop execution plans for rapid, high-value physical demonstrations
- Support inspections, installations, shakedown, tuning, and commissioning activities
- Capture lessons learned from mockups and integration testing to inform future designs
- Collaboration
- Partner with engineering, laboratory, shop, and materials teams to execute accelerated hardware development
- Coordinate cross-disciplinary integration efforts to ensure cohesive system performance
- Engineering Reports
- Publish engineering reports documenting design details, mockup results, and integration findings
- Contribute to design basis documentation and regulatory submittals
- Team Contribution
- Share technical knowledge and best practices across the organization
- Mentor junior engineers in hardware design, integration, and prototype testing
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience developing hardware for demanding applications
- Demonstrated experience with full-scale prototypes, physical integration, and hardware demonstrations
- Experience integrating mechanical and electrical systems for remote operation preferred
- Experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, or other regulated industries preferred
- Molten salt or advanced reactor experience a plus
- Background in low-voltage systems, optical systems, and compact packaging
- Experience with servos, motors, electromagnets, or related power electronics
- Working knowledge of ASME codes and piping standards preferred
- Familiarity with data acquisition tools (LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python) a plus
- Experience mentoring junior engineers preferred
- Requires occasional schedule flexibility
- Requires occasional extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
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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