Principal Mechanical Engineer, Fuel Handling Equipment

The role

The engineer will advance prototype and equipment testing, develop remote handling capabilities, and resolve complex issues during assembly, startup, and commissioning. This role involves designing, building, and testing prototype assemblies and testing platforms for fuel handling and storage equipment.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for deployment, testing, assembly, and development at the Tennessee site.
• Design, build, and test prototype assemblies.
• Design and build testing platforms.
• Lead development of remote handling features, tools, and operations.
• Collaborate with operations and assembly teams to create plans, requirements, and procedures.
• Generate 3D design layouts and 2D drawings for electro-mechanical equipment.
• Create or direct the creation of manufacturing drawings and coordinate fabrication.
• Contribute to make/buy analyses, supplier selections, and manufacturing plans.
• Generate detailed verification and acceptance test plans.
• Provide on-site technical support for operation and troubleshooting during startup and commissioning.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience in mechanical or electromechanical equipment development, testing, deployment, or commissioning; or master’s degree in m
• Experience performing hands-on prototyping and testing of novel electromechanical systems.
• Experience designing equipment for nuclear, energy, chemical, petrochemical, defense, or aerospace, or other applications with comparable technical requirements.
• Experience using SolidWorks to develop equipment models and engineering drawings.

Benefits

• 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)

Before you apply

• You need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information.
• Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list are not permitted to work in the facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export

About the company

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR).