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System Engineer III
Kairos Power. Support the development and integration of advanced nuclear energy systems .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering methods, including requirements development, functional analysis, and system architecture. Proficient in managing technical risks and leading cross-functional engineering activities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Systems Engineering MethodsRequirements DevelopmentFunctional AnalysisTechnical Risk ManagementCross-Functional Engineering Leadership
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Hard Skills
Requirements AllocationSystem Architecture DevelopmentInterface DefinitionVerification and ValidationChange-Impact AssessmentTechnical WritingFunctional DecompositionConfiguration ManagementEngineering Change-Control PrinciplesTechnical Knowledge Management
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsInterpersonal SkillsPresentation SkillsCollaboration SkillsAttention to Detail
Tools & Technologies
Requirements Management ToolsModeling ToolsAnalysis ToolsDocumentation Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Department of Energy Authorization
Industry Keywords
Nuclear Energy SystemsEngineering Lifecycle ProcessesTechnical Management PracticesProject ExecutionRegulatory Compliance
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support the development and integration of advanced nuclear energy systems
- Apply systems engineering methods to translate program objectives, stakeholder needs, and design inputs into clear, verifiable technical requirements and integrated system solutions
- Develop and maintain requirements, functional architectures, system architectures, interfaces, and verification strategies across product and plant architecture levels
- Collaborate with engineering disciplines, project management, licensing, quality, operations, suppliers, and external partners
- Identify integration concerns and resolve cross-functional technical issues
- Lead focused systems engineering activities
- Coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews
- Evaluate system-level impacts of proposed changes
- Support management of technical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies throughout the engineering lifecycle
- Mentor less-experienced engineers
- Contribute to improving systems engineering processes, tools, templates, training, and command media
- Develop, allocate, maintain, and trace technical requirements
- Perform functional analysis and decomposition
- Develop and maintain functional, logical, and physical system architectures
- Define, document, coordinate, and manage internal and external interfaces
- Develop verification strategies, methods, plans, acceptance criteria, and evidence
- Coordinate and facilitate requirements, architecture, interface, integration, and verification reviews
- Support compliance with company procedures, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements
- Follow safety procedures, report hazards and equipment issues, and wear required personal protective equipment
- Periodic work in prototyping, laboratory, test-facility, manufacturing, or industrial environments
- Some travel may be required, up to 10%
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field
- Relevant professional experience applying systems engineering methods to complex engineering programs or products
- Experience developing, allocating, maintaining, and tracing technical requirements
- Experience with functional analysis and decomposition, system architecture development, interface definition and management, system integration, requirements verification and validation, or technical change-impact assessment
- Experience coordinating technical reviews or leading focused cross-functional engineering activities
- Strong technical writing, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle processes and technical management practices
- Knowledge of requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation
- Knowledge of functional, logical, and physical architecture development
- Knowledge of interface identification, definition, documentation, and control
- Knowledge of system integration, configuration management, and engineering change-control principles
- Knowledge of technical risk, assumption, issue, opportunity, and dependency management
- General knowledge of engineering design, licensing, quality, operations, and project execution within complex technical programs
- Skill in writing clear, concise, implementation-independent, and verifiable technical requirements
- Skill in performing functional analysis, architecture development, interface analysis, and change-impact assessment
- Skill in using requirements management, modeling, analysis, and documentation tools
- Ability to evaluate complex systems holistically and recognize interactions, dependencies, and unintended consequences
- Ability to work collaboratively across engineering disciplines, organizations, and levels of technical authority
- Ability to balance technical rigor with program cost, schedule, risk, and execution needs
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced engineering environment
- Ability to proactively collect, organize, manage, and transfer technical knowledge
- Occasional schedule flexibility or extended hours may be required to support critical project milestones, technical reviews, testing, or integration activities
- Must be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information; certain foreign nationals may require a Department of Energy export control license
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k)
- Pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
- Access to benefits for full-time employees (excluding interns)