Kairos Power

Systems Engineering Manager

Kairos Power

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $218,800 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

SaltStack

About the role

  • Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, lifecycle models (e.g. V-model), and requirements management, and best practices
  • Proficiency in requirements definition, analysis, and traceability tools such as DOORS, Jama Connect
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams, fostering collaboration across diverse technical disciplines.
  • Skilled at translating complex technical challenges into actional engineering workstreams.
  • Able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic engineering environment, managing shifting priorities and tight development timelines.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
  • Passionate about promoting a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • 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

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related design discipline
  • 6+ years of relevant engineering experience, at least 3 years in technical leadership or managerial role involving:
  • Functional analysis, trade studies, requirement decomposition and allocation
  • Defining and documenting system interfaces and specifications, as well as developing and implementing structured engineering programs and processes
  • Leading systems engineering teams and cross-functional working groups
  • Demonstrated success in managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects in a regulated environment such as nuclear, aerospace, defense, or medical devices
  • Experience with safety-critical or mission-critical systems with an understanding of graded approaches to quality and the implication on requirements is required
  • Experience with configuration management
  • Proficiency with MBSE tools and system architecture framework is preferred