Senior Motion Control Systems Engineer
Kairos PowerAlameda, CA
Full Time
Posted October 28, 2026
$141k - $165k
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 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
Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Motion Control Engineer to join the Plant Control Systems team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility for licensure is preferred.
- 4 or more years of progressively responsible experience in control-systems engineering, industrial automation, instrumentation and controls, or a related field, including control-logic development using IEC 61131-3 languages or equivalent standards.
- Experience serving as a responsible engineer, system owner, technical lead, or lead designer for complex electrical, controls, or mechanical-handling equipment.
- Experience with equipment such as cranes, hoists, manipulators, lifts, conveyors, positioning systems, remotely operated equipment, robotics, or similar motion-control applications.
- Experience with system requirements, design documentation, supplier coordination, technical reviews, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and design-change implementation.
- Nuclear power plant, advanced reactor, radiological facility, power-generation, utility, heavy-industrial, manufacturing, process-plant, or EPC experience is preferred.
- Occasionally requires schedule flexibility
- Seldomly requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
- The salary range for this position is $140,611 to $165,425 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.
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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