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Kairos Power · Alameda, CA · posted 3 days ago

In short: Systems Engineer at Kairos Power in Alameda, CA, posted 3 days ago.

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The job

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Employer	Kairos Power
Location	Alameda, California
Field	Engineering, Construction and Energy › Manufacturing and hardware engineering
Level	Mid Level
Source category	Science and Engineering
Posted	2026-11-05 (3 days ago)
Work arrangement	A remote or flexible location is listed
Pay	Not published in the source listing

Job description

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer III to support the development and integration of advanced nuclear energy systems. In this role, you will apply disciplined systems engineering methods to translate program objectives, stakeholder needs, and design inputs into clear, verifiable technical requirements and integrated system solutions.

You will develop and maintain requirements, functional architectures, system architectures, interfaces, and verification strategies across multiple levels of the product and plant architecture. You will work closely with engineering disciplines, project management, licensing, quality, operations, suppliers, and external partners to identify integration concerns and resolve cross-functional technical issues.

The role will lead focused systems engineering activities, coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews, evaluate the system-level impacts of proposed changes, and support the management of technical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies throughout the engineering lifecycle. You will also mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of Kairos Power systems engineering processes, tools, templates, training, and command media.

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

Qualifications

Required

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.

Preferred

Experience in the nuclear industry, power generation, aerospace, defense, energy, or another highly regulated industry.
Experience using requirements management tools such as Jama Connect.
Experience with model-based systems engineering methods and tools.
Familiarity with applicable nuclear quality, licensing, safety, or regulatory practices.
Experience supporting design reviews, trade studies, configuration management, or technical baseline management.
Familiarity with relevant systems engineering standards and guidance, such as ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 or the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle processes and technical management practices.
Knowledge of requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation.
Knowledge of functional, logical, and physical architecture development.
Knowledge of interface identification, definition, documentation, and control.
Knowledge of system integration, configuration management, and engineering change-control principles.
Knowledge of technical risk, assumption, issue, opportunity, and dependency management.
General knowledge of engineering design, licensing, quality, operations, and project execution within complex technical programs.
Skill in writing clear, concise, implementation-independent, and verifiable technical requirements.
Skill in performing functional analysis, architecture development, interface analysis, and change-impact assessment.
Skill in using requirements management, modeling, analysis, and documentation tools.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to evaluate complex systems holistically and recognize interactions, dependencies, and unintended consequences.
Ability to work collaboratively across engineering disciplines, organizations, and levels of technical authority.
Ability to balance technical rigor with program cost, schedule, risk, and execution needs.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Ability to proactively collect, organize, manage, and transfer technical knowledge.

Physical Demands

Remaining in a stationary position, including sitting or standing, for prolonged periods.
Moving about office, laboratory, manufacturing, or test-facility environments.
Communicating with others to exchange technical information.
Operating computers and other standard office equipment.

Environmental Conditions

General office environment.
High-concentration, demanding, and fast-paced work environment.
Periodic work in prototyping, laboratory, test-facility, manufacturing, or industrial environments.

Safety and Personal Protective Equipment

Reporting equipment issues, hazards, and unsafe conditions.
Following applicable safety procedures and posted warning requirements.
Wearing required personal protective equipment when entering laboratory, test, manufacturing, industrial, or controlled areas.
Prioritizing the safety of oneself and others.

Travel

Some travel may be required (up to 10%).

Additional Requirements

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.

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About our Benefits

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)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

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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About the role

This is a Mid Level role in the Engineering, Construction and Energy field (Manufacturing and hardware engineering) at Kairos Power. Mid-level roles usually expect some years of relevant experience and the ability to work with limited supervision.

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The city

The job is in Alameda, CA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Alameda compares. Among the 145 largest places in California, Alameda is #116 by population, #14 for remote work (#1 = most), #24 for college degrees (#1 = most), #118 for long commutes (#1 = fewest). Its county, Alameda County, is #4 of 58 counties for average pay ($98,026).

The place in numbers

Alameda has 77,238 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.2% of the population of California. It covers 10 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 7,427 people per square mile. The median age is 41.0, 8% older than the state median (41.0 against 37.9).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,474 a month (rent plus utilities), 22% above the state median ($2,474 against $2,036). Over a year that is 21.6% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $1,235,700, which is 9.0 times the median household income ($137,697); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 50.7% of households own their home, 9% below the state average (50.7% against 55.9%).

Work and pay

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area has 2,373,920 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $74,260 a year, 46% above the national median ($74,260 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (226,320 jobs, median $62,120); management (223,100 jobs, median $176,340); business and financial operations (207,030 jobs, median $112,960). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.9 times) and life, physical, and social science (1.8 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($176,340) and computer and mathematical ($167,770). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Alameda County was 4.7%. 66.0% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Alameda County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 44.2% drive alone, 10.0% use public transit, 3.1% walk, 32.7% work from home. 27.3% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 41% above the state average (27.3% against 19.4%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

61.5% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 66% above the state share (61.5% against 37.1%). 25.7% of residents were born outside the United States, 5% below the state share (25.7% against 27.0%). The poverty rate is 7.2%, 40% below the state rate (7.2% against 12.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Sep, averaging 61°F (16.0°C), and the coolest is Jan at 51°F (10.7°C). About 515 mm (20 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (115 mm) and Jul the driest (2 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Oakland (3 miles, rent 20% lower); San Leandro (6 miles, rent 12% lower); Brisbane (8 miles, rent 4% higher); South San Francisco (9 miles, rent 13% higher). Rent differences are against Alameda; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Alameda, CA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅	Distance from the job city ⇅	Median rent ⇅	Median home value ⇅	Median household income ⇅	Commute 45+ min ⇅	Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅	Open jobs there ⇅
Alameda, CA	0 mi	$2,474	$1,235,700	$137,697	27.3%	n/a	Jobs
Oakland, CA	3 mi	$1,979	$929,900	$101,600	21.9%	n/a	Jobs
San Leandro, CA	6 mi	$2,186	$844,200	$101,420	23.7%	n/a	—
Brisbane, CA	8 mi	$2,574	$1,232,200	$156,169	29.8%	n/a	—
South San Francisco, CA	9 mi	$2,802	$1,188,800	$136,578	15.2%	n/a	—
Berkeley, CA	9 mi	$2,133	$1,413,900	$108,092	20.8%	n/a	Jobs
Daly City, CA	12 mi	$2,551	$1,115,000	$123,547	19.6%	n/a	—
Hayward, CA	12 mi	$2,391	$854,400	$113,318	25.7%	n/a	—
Burlingame, CA	12 mi	$2,785	$2,000,001	$174,000	23.1%	n/a	—
Foster City, CA	12 mi	$3,501	$1,838,200	$199,143	20.6%	n/a	Jobs
San Bruno, CA	12 mi	$2,773	$1,207,500	$141,272	12.2%	n/a	—
Millbrae, CA	13 mi	$3,272	$1,934,900	$163,476	21.8%	n/a	—
San Mateo, CA	13 mi	$3,077	$1,618,700	$153,504	15.8%	n/a	—
Pacifica, CA	15 mi	$3,098	$1,249,800	$160,523	15.5%	n/a	—
Richmond, CA	16 mi	$1,960	$668,200	$95,391	28.8%	n/a	—
Belmont, CA	16 mi	$2,875	$2,000,001	$205,297	18.6%	n/a	Jobs
Redwood City, CA	16 mi	$2,968	$1,801,700	$157,814	10.2%	n/a	Jobs
Union City, CA	16 mi	$2,713	$1,104,900	$133,715	24.0%	n/a	—
San Carlos, CA	17 mi	$2,854	$2,000,001	$237,470	14.9%	n/a	—
San Ramon, CA	18 mi	$2,968	$1,509,500	$196,161	34.3%	n/a	—

Career paths

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Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Alameda, CA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅	Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅	Population of that city ⇅
San Jose, CA	39 mi	990,138
San Francisco, CA	42 mi	830,235
Los Angeles, CA	335 mi	3,857,263
San Diego, CA	446 mi	1,389,526
Phoenix, AZ	639 mi	1,642,323
Seattle, WA	682 mi	754,195
Denver, CO	945 mi	718,877
Oklahoma City, OK	1,378 mi	697,125
Fort Worth, TX	1,442 mi	963,194
Dallas, TX	1,473 mi	1,307,930
San Antonio, TX	1,476 mi	1,479,835
Austin, TX	1,489 mi	979,539
Houston, TX	1,632 mi	2,328,253
Chicago, IL	1,845 mi	2,711,226
Indianapolis, IN	1,938 mi	885,860
Columbus, OH	2,102 mi	914,802
Charlotte, NC	2,290 mi	903,844
Jacksonville, FL	2,361 mi	977,670
Philadelphia, PA	2,510 mi	1,579,706
New York, NY	2,562 mi	8,483,844

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅	Straight-line distance ⇅	Open jobs ⇅
Belmont, CA	16 mi	2
Redwood City, CA	16 mi	27
Pleasanton, CA	21 mi	1
Fremont, CA	24 mi	2
Palo Alto, CA	25 mi	24
Sunnyvale, CA	28 mi	12
Milpitas, CA	29 mi	2
Campbell, CA	36 mi	7
San Jose, CA	39 mi	661
San Francisco, CA	42 mi	587
Capitola, CA	56 mi	1
Sacramento, CA	71 mi	38

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Median rent in Alameda is $2,474 a month and median household income $137,697 (ACS 2020–2024).

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