Plant Design & Integration Lead

Hardware FYI; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Job summary

Kairos Power in Alameda, CA seeks a Plant Design Manager to lead integrated design across Plant Architecture, Operational Design, and Design Integration, delivering critical plant-level outputs. The role requires coordinating multiple cross-functional teams to ensure safety and readiness for advanced reactor projects.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in complex engineering, strong leadership, and the ability to resolve ambiguity while steering phase-gate reviews and regulatory

Qualifications

• 10 years or greater of relevant experience in complex engineered systems, nuclear power, advanced reactors, power generation, process systems, systems engineering, plant design, technical integration.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and coordinating work across engineering, licensing, safety analysis, reliability, operations, process design, controls, project delivery, and commissioning functions.
• Experience with requirements development, requirements traceability, design basis integration, configuration control, design reviews, phase-gate reviews, technical readiness reviews, or equivalent governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and directly contribute to assigned Plant Design deliverables across Operational Design, Plant Architecture and Plant Design Integration deliverables.
• Coordinate plant-level technical integration across Engineering, Licensing, Safety Analysis, Reliability, Operations, Process Design, IC&E, Commissioning, PMO/TPM, and other partner organizations.
• Track open assumptions, actions, review comments, decisions, and closure plans; ensure escalation when decisions exceed authority or threaten phase-gate readiness.
• Promote safety, quality, psychological safety, accountability, cross-functional collaboration, and scalable ways of working.

Skills

Plant design integration

Systems engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Safety culture

Education

B.S. in Engineering

M.S. preferred

Tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Kairos Power in Alameda, CA seeks a Plant Design Manager to lead integrated design across Plant Architecture, Operational Design, and Design Integration, delivering critical plant-level outputs. The role requires coordinating multiple cross-functional teams to ensure safety and readiness for advanced reactor projects.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in complex engineering, strong leadership, and the ability to resolve ambiguity while steering phase-gate reviews and regulatory