Systems Engineer

Kairos Power

Alameda, NM

Full Time

Posted September 16, 2026

$122k - $144k

Nuclear Energy

Remote

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Job Description

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer to support the development and integration of advanced nuclear energy systems.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, allocate, maintain, and trace technical requirements across multiple levels of product and plant architecture.
Translate program objectives, stakeholder needs, design inputs, and regulatory considerations into clear, complete, consistent, and verifiable requirements.
Perform and support functional analysis and decomposition to define required system behavior and establish traceability between functions, requirements, architecture, and verification activities.
Develop and maintain functional, logical, and physical system architectures.
Define, document, coordinate, and manage internal and external interfaces between systems, organizations, suppliers, facilities, and external partners.
Develop verification strategies, methods, plans, acceptance criteria, and evidence needed to demonstrate that requirements have been satisfied.
Coordinate and facilitate multidisciplinary requirements, architecture, interface, integration, and verification reviews.
Maintain knowledge of and support compliance with applicable company procedures, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
Relevant professional experience applying systems engineering methods to complex engineering programs or products.
Experience developing, allocating, maintaining, and tracing technical requirements.
Experience with one or more of the following: functional analysis and decomposition, system architecture development, interface definition and management, system integration, requirements verification and validation, technical change-impact assessment.
Experience coordinating technical reviews or leading focused cross-functional engineering activities.
Strong technical writing, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Experience in the nuclear industry, power generation, aerospace, defense, energy, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
Experience using requirements management tools such as Jama Connect is preferred.
Experience with model-based systems engineering methods and tools is preferred.
Familiarity with applicable nuclear quality, licensing, safety, or regulatory practices is preferred.
Experience supporting design reviews, trade studies, configuration management, or technical baseline management is preferred.
Familiarity with relevant systems engineering standards and guidance, such as ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 or the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook is preferred.
Occasional schedule flexibility or extended hours may be required to support critical project milestones, technical reviews, testing, or integration activities.
The salary range for this position is $122,270 to $143,847 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