Nuclear Engineering Internship - Summer 2027

The posting, as Kairos Power wrote it

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Please note: This is a pipeline posting for anticipated Summer 2027 internship opportunities. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis as internship positions are approved and hiring needs are identified.

Job Summary

Kairos Power is offering exciting opportunities for students to join our Nuclear Engineering organization for Summer 2027. This internship provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of the analytical tools, computational methods, and engineering infrastructure supporting the safety case for the Hermes Reactor and future commercial reactor fleet.

Interns will work alongside experienced engineers and scientists on meaningful technical projects involving reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, structural materials, computational modeling, licensing, and nuclear safety analysis. Contributions from each intern play an important role in advancing Kairos Power's mission to deliver innovative nuclear technology that addresses climate change.

Areas with potential internship opportunities

• Core Design (Radiation Transport and Shielding Design, Radiation Detection, Reactor Physics (Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics), and Fuel Cycle Analysis)
• Thermal and Safety Methods - KP-SAM Code Development
• Fuel Performance - KP-BISON
• Source Term Modeling Development
• Structural Materials Analysis
• Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Methods and Analysis
• Nuclear Critical/Safety Analysis
• Licensing Engineering
• Overall Analysis support such as Piping and Layout Analysis and Thermal Design and Rapid Technology Development Analysis

General Responsibilities

• Support the design, development, verification, and validation of analytical tools, computational models, and engineering methods supporting reactor safety and performance analyses.
• Perform engineering analyses and computational modeling related to assigned technical focus areas such as reactor physics, radiation transport, thermal hydraulics, structural mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, or nuclear safety.
• Assist with research and technology development projects focused on improving reactor safety, performance, efficiency, and commercialization.
• Support verification and validation of engineering models through comparison with experimental data, benchmark problems, or reference solutions.
• Analyze engineering data and prepare technical documentation supporting engineering decisions and technology development.
• Collaborate

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your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810