Instrumental & Controls Engineer (Launch Program)
Launch your engineering career with Kairos.
For our unique products, our high performing engineers have hands-on, prototyping and lab experience. Join our team by first partnering with an engineering Mentor and then spending up to 12 months training on our processes and methods through direct, practical experience. This program offers an increased exposure to various technical experts and teams, accelerating the learning process and enabling your ability to be an effective designer.
Kairos Power LLC is seeking a highly motivated Instrumentation and Controls Automation Engineer with a hands on approach to design, assembly and testing of control systems for complex thermal/fluids experiments. In this role, you will contribute to the operation of test facilities for development of the Kairos Power Fluoride Salt-Cooled High Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR).
Primary Responsibilities
- Building an understanding of Kairos Power’s existing and planned test facility instrumentation and control hardware and software.
- Diagnose and troubleshoot test facility bugs and malfunctions.
- Building and expanding on automation functions for the Kairos power test facilities.
- Document and communicate instrumentation and control issues and resolutions.
- Work with Kairos Power test engineers to run simulant fluid thermal hydraulics experiments, molten salt-based materials experiments, and plant simulator experiments.
- Design and implement automation control algorithms and data communications on existing systems.
- Act as a liaison between the instrumentation and control and testing teams.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical, Electric/Electronic Engineering or equivalent with strong background in automation and control systems. MS and PhD students are encouraged to apply.
- Industry internships and/or research laboratory experience preferred.
- Experience with control system software (LabVIEW, PLCs, etc.)
- Able to Review, understand Piping and Instrument Diagrams.
- Able to Review and understand electrical single line diagrams.
- Understanding ladder logic and structured text programming language.
- Experience working in a laboratory or industrial environment on thermal/fluids testing is desirable, along with experience using associated laboratory equipment and hand tools.
- Experience and coursework in areas such as: statistics, dynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, electrical/electronics control theory.
- Experience with control system analysis and design and OPC UA communication.
- Proven team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills.