Senior IC&E Nuclear Hardware Design Engineer

Kairos Power; Alameda (CA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Kairos Power in Alameda, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer IC&E Systems Design Engineer to design and develop custom, safety-critical instrumentation and control hardware for an advanced nuclear power plant. This hands-on role covers circuit design, PCB development, system integration, and qualification testing with a focus on reliability and nuclear-grade engineering.

You will work with an integrated design team to perform duties from schematic capture, PCB layout, system interfaces, to test planning

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 6 years of relevant engineering experience in electronic hardware or related systems design.
• Demonstrated experience with analog and digital circuit design.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital circuits for IC&E systems, including signal conditioning and control logic.
• Create and review schematics and PCB layouts with manufacturers.
• Support system architecture development and hardware integration.
• Contribute to design trade studies balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability and cost.
• Prototyping, integration and testing; debug and validate hardware prototypes.
• Develop and execute test plans for functional and qualification testing.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

System integration

Test and validation

Root cause analysis

Hardware debugging

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Cadence

KiCad

Job description

Kairos Power in Alameda, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer IC&E Systems Design Engineer to design and develop custom, safety-critical instrumentation and control hardware for an advanced nuclear power plant. This hands-on role covers circuit design, PCB development, system integration, and qualification testing with a focus on reliability and nuclear-grade engineering.

You will work with an integrated design team to perform duties from schematic capture, PCB layout, system interfaces, to test planning