Contract

Network Engineer

IT Infrastructure

Kairos Power

Kairos Power

501-1,000 employees

Designs, licenses, and demonstrates advanced reactors

No salary listed

Albuquerque, NM, USA

In Person

On-site in Albuquerque, NM; travel up to 10%.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
Chef
Microsoft Azure
Puppet
Computer Networking
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Linux/Unix
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • 3+ years recent work experience as Network Engineer, Systems Engineer, or similar role in a medium/enterprise scale organization; 7+ years overall IT experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar field; or an equivalent combination of education, professional certifications, and work experience is preferred
  • Recent experience with datacenter operations, physical and logical networking, and systems engineering
  • Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with cloud services technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to include design, implementation, and integration
  • Strong understanding of server-client technologies
  • Practical experience using configuration management tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef) as part of an Infrastructure as Code environment
  • High degree of proficiency in Windows, macOS, Linux, MDM, SSO, and at least one cloud IaaS platform
  • Prompt communication and excellent documentation skills
  • Resourceful / problem-solver mentality
  • Positive, enthusiastic, service-oriented attitude
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment and embrace constant changes and challenges
  • Working knowledge of modern information security practices
  • Prior work experience in a highly-regulated industry, especially within the government community
  • Prior work experience for an engineering or industrial/manufacturing company
  • Prior work experience in a fast-paced, high-growth startup
  • 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
  • Install and maintain cloud and on-premises networking and compute resources using IaC where possible
  • Standardize design and management of cloud and on-premises networking and compute resources
  • Coordinate and collaborate with outside partners to deliver secure, functional business solutions
  • Build scalable, reliable, automated solutions that efficiently improve network and application performance
  • Design, deploy, and maintain hybrid infrastructure across multiple offices and datacenters
Desired Qualifications
  • None

Kairos Power designs, licenses, and demonstrates advanced nuclear reactors, headed by the KP-FHR which uses fluoride salt coolant and high operating temperatures to generate electricity. The system focuses on low water use and near-zero carbon emissions, pursuing an integrated path from design to regulatory licensing and demonstration to prove safety and economics. The company distinguishes itself by aiming to beat natural gas on cost and by a clear licensing/demo program coupled with environmental and grid-resilience performance. Its goal is to scale safe, affordable nuclear technology through government support, investments, licensing deals, and long-term service agreements to help decarbonize electricity.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$20K

Headquarters

Alameda, California

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Google-TVA deal secures 50 MWe offtake for Hermes 2 by 2030.
  • DOE Nuclear Dominance program accelerates TRISO fuel supply by 2033.
  • BWXT partnership scales commercial TRISO production for deployments.

What critics are saying

  • Hermes 1 completion slips to 2029, delaying Hermes 2 operations.
  • TerraPower's 42-month Wyoming reactor steals Google data center contracts.
  • NRG PALLAS tests expose TRISO cracking, forcing NRC redesigns.

What makes Kairos Power unique

  • KP-FHR uses TRISO pebble fuel and Flibe salt coolant from Oak Ridge origins.
  • First NRC-permitted power-producing Gen IV reactor with Hermes 2.
  • Factory-built modules from Albuquerque campus enable modular SMR assembly.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

1%
NucNet
Sep 3rd, 2025
Kairos And BWXT To Collaborate On Commercial Production Of Triso Nuclear Fuel

Kairos is developing Generation IV fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) technology.

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Aug 18th, 2025
TVA, Google team up on advanced nuclear reactor project

Kairos Power will sell electricity to the Tennessee Valley Authority through an agreement announced Monday, and TVA will pass clean energy credits to its customer Google, which operates two data centers in the region.

Teknovation.biz
Jun 3rd, 2025
Ornl And Elementl Power Collaborate On A Data-Driven Approach For New Nuclear

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Elementl Power have teamed up to advance a data-driven siting approach for advanced nuclear projects. The work started through a U.S. Department of Energy... The post ORNL and Elementl Power collaborate on a data-driven approach for new nuclear appeared first on Teknovation.biz.

Teknovation.biz
May 8th, 2025
Kairos Power Completes First Installation Of Nuclear Safety-Related Concrete For The Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor

Kairos Power announced on Thursday that the company has completed the first installation of nuclear safety-related concrete for the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor, marking the start of “nuclear construction” on... The post Kairos Power completes first installation of nuclear safety-related concrete for the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor appeared first on Teknovation.biz.

NEI Magazine
Mar 28th, 2025
NRG PALLAS to test fuel for Kairos SMR

Netherlands research institute NRG PALLAS has signed a contract with US-based Kairos Power to assess materials and fuels that will be used in the small modular reactors (SMRs) Kairos is developing to power Google data centres.