Senior Structural FEA Engineer

Kairos Power • Alameda, CA

139d • $140,600 - $165,400

About The Position

Kairos Power, LLC is looking for a Structural FEA Engineer or Senior Structural FEA Engineer to lead the structural analysis effort on medium to large projects for a generation IV Nuclear Power Plant, and related scaled prototype and test plants. The successful candidate will be responsible for meeting the specific project requirements and assuring the technical correctness of the analysis.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or MS with equivalent PhD experience in Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, Structural/Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, or related field, or M.S. with equivalent professional experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with Finite Element Methods applied to graphite and/or metallic SSCs.
• Strong experience in the development of scientific code and software using Python, C++, Fortran, or similar programming languages.
• ANSYS or Abaqus experience is required.
• Computer-aided design (CAD) experience is required.
• Experience with preparing high-quality engineering calculation packages and technical reports is required.
• Experience with industrial Codes and Standards, particularly ASME BPVC Section III/VIII, is required.
• Experience with high-performance computing and managing software.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent knowledge of FEA and other spatial/time discretization techniques for partial differential equation (PDE) systems.
• Knowledge of uncertainty quantification (UQ), verification and validation (V&V), and model calibration.
• Responsible, flexible, open to new ideas, collaborative in nature with full buy-in to the Kairos Power mission.
• Team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills; must be able to interact and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others.
• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge.
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues.

Responsibilities

• Support both Engineering Design and Modeling/Simulation activities.
• Develop new design-by-analysis methodologies and implement existing standardized design-by-analysis tools for stress and failure analyses of metallic and graphite systems, structures, and components (SSCs).
• Develop models and perform thermal-mechanical analysis of metallic and graphite SSCs using Finite Element Methods (FEA) to support the Engineering Design, Safety Analysis, and Testing teams.
• Prepare structural calculations and design analysis reports.
• Support the company’s effort to improve the robustness, consistency, and efficacy of its design analysis workflow.
• Support uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts for Kairos structural components and systems.
• Support management and work program leadership in meeting company’s licensing milestones and deliverables, including NQA-1 activities and V&V (Verification and Validation).
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and analysts.
• Support Software Quality Assurance (SQA) implementation.
• Support software and hardware acquisition activities, including cloud computing resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees