Senior Quality Engineer
Kairos PowerAlbuquerque, NM
Full Time
Posted October 16, 2026
$123k - $175k· Est.
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 17, 2026
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Job Description
Kairos Power is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to independently lead quality assurance assessments of hardware processes and projects against safety and delivery commitments for design, testing, component manufacturing, construction, and operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with design, testing, manufacturing, construction, and operations teams developing quality plans, processes and procedures to support hardware development and delivery.
- Independently lead quality assurance assessments of hardware design, testing, component manufacturing, construction, and operation processes and projects, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance, ensure work effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
- Translate quality assurance assessment findings from unsatisfied commitments to clearly defined and actionable corrective and preventative actions supported by causal analyses.
- Communicate quality assurance assessment outcomes and the evaluation of process compliance and hardware effectiveness to technical teams, stakeholders, associated leaders, and senior leadership.
- Mentor Quality Engineers in the application of quality assurance methods and analyses across the technology development lifecycle.
- Improve the Kairos Power quality management system and quality assurance processes and guidance based on project needs and lessons learned from quality assurance assessment outcomes, nonconformances and operating experience.
- Collaborate with teams across Kairos Power sites, including travel as needed to support project activities.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned, which may include hands-on work involving hardware fabrication, assembly, testing, commissioning, and operation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or greater) in engineering or other technical discipline.
- At least 8 years of experience in quality assurance for engineering in industries with robust safety and reliability requirements, such as aerospace, automotive, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, commercial railway and shipping, petrochemicals, or large infrastructure construction.
- At least 8 years of experience using ISO-based management standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, AS9100, IATF (ISO/TS) 16949, ISO 17025, ISO 13485, ISO/TS 22163, and ISO 29001 and API Q1/Q2.
- Experience in quality management system implementation and management, including writing procedures and guidance documents, providing training and leading continuous improvement programs to revise existing program elements.
- Requires overtime occasionally.
- Requires working weekends occasionally.
- Requires schedule flexibility occasionally.
- Requires non-standard work-week hours occasionally.
- Requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines occasionally.
- Onsite: #LI-Onsite
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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