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Kairos Power Tech Stack

Advanced nuclear reactor design and demonstration targeting 2030 deployment

Utilities Alameda, California 501–1,000 employees Founded 2016 Privately Held

Kairos Power is an engineering-focused nuclear company building molten-salt reactor technology with a stated timeline for a U.S. demonstration plant before 2030. The stack reveals a hardware-heavy operation: CAD/simulation tools (SolidWorks, ANSYS, Abaqus, Mastercam), industrial controls (PLC, LabVIEW), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and programming languages suited to physics modeling (Python, C++, Fortran, R). Hiring is heavily weighted toward senior engineers (23 of 54 active roles) and interns (12), with a decelerating velocity — consistent with a capital-intensive R&D cycle in the pre-commercialization phase.

Tech Stack 48 technologies

Core StackAWS Terraform Ansible Puppet Linux Solidworks SolidWorks Python C++ Revit Azure GCP Chef Windows macOS Mastercam LabVIEW PLC Microsoft Office ANSYS Abaqus Fortran CAD BIM Civil 3D Navisworks BMS PLCs R R Markdown+18 more

What Kairos Power Is Building

◆Challenges

Reducing downtime
New reactor operational strategy design
Unplanned events
Streamlining purchase order management
Operating high temperature salt production facility
Complex r&d environments
Instrumentation reliability
Improving maintenance efficiency
Smooth operation of core infrastructure
Improving network and application performance

▲Active Projects

Model-based control strategy development
Engineering test unit
Test reactor design for kp-fhr
Non-nuclear demonstration reliability
Concept of operations for kp-fhr
Demonstration and commercialization of kairos power reactors
Hermes demonstration reactor
R&d test program
Streamlining purchase order management
Modular maintenance system development

Hiring Activity

Decelerating55 roles · 9 in 30d

Department

Engineering

31

Manufacturing

5

Ops

4

Finance

2

HR

2

Logistics

2

Construction

1

Executive

1

Seniority

Senior

23

Intern

12

Mid

11

Manager

3

Junior

2

Director

1

Lead

1

VP

1

Notable leadership hires: Chief of Staff

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About Kairos Power

Kairos Power designs and licenses advanced molten-salt nuclear reactor technology intended to provide clean, affordable energy. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company operates across engineering, manufacturing, and operations, with active projects spanning reactor design (KP-FHR test reactor and Hermes demonstration reactor), control systems, and supply-chain optimization. Current focus areas include test iteration, instrumentation reliability, maintenance efficiency, and operational strategy development — typical challenges for novel reactor platforms moving from R&D into demonstration phases. The company is actively hiring across engineering and manufacturing functions in the United States, Canada, and Andorra.

HeadquartersAlameda, California

Company Size501–1,000 employees

Founded2016

Hiring MarketsAndorra, United States, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kairos Power's timeline for commercialization?

Kairos Power is targeting a U.S. demonstration plant before 2030, with rapid deployment planned thereafter. The strategy is driven by reducing technical risk through accelerated test iteration.

What tech stack does Kairos Power use?

Engineering and simulation: SolidWorks, ANSYS, Abaqus, CAD, Mastercam. Industrial control: PLC, LabVIEW. Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP. Programming: Python, C++, Fortran, R. Infrastructure: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef across Windows, macOS, Linux.