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Kairos Power · 18 hours ago

Materials Computational Scientist Intern

positionAlameda, CA
timeInternship
remoteOnsite
seniorityIntern
money$32/hr - $34/hr

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company focused on transitioning to clean energy. They are seeking a highly motivated Intern to assist in the development and application of numerical material models to support engineering programs and test systems.

EnergyEnvironmental EngineeringNuclearOil and Gas
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Responsibilities

Support the calibration, verification and validation (V&V) and uncertainty quantification (UQ) efforts associated with the development and deployment of the company’s structural material models
Participate to the deployment of the company’s material data management systems
Collaborate with the Materials team on the definition of test matrices aimed at improving overall goodness of fit and / or reducing modeling uncertainty
Publish engineering reports documenting
Maintain knowledge of and assess compliance with applicable codes and standards
Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Numerical material modelsMachine learningScientific codingUncertainty quantificationData management programmingKnowledge transferCommunication skillsCollaborative team workProblem-solving ability

Required

Currently pursuing M.S. or PhD degree in Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering, or equivalent
Experience in one or more of the following areas: UQ, PDE-constrained and risk-averse optimization, optimization under uncertainty, verification and validation, inverse problems, model calibration, mesh generation and machine learning
Experience developing scientific codes and softwares using C++, Fortran, python or similar programming language
Experience in handling and analyzing large datasets
Knowledge of spatial and time discretization techniques for partial differential equation (PDE) systems
Working knowledge of data management programming languages (e.g. SQL)
Excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills
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

Preferred

Experience/knowledge in Computational Materials Science or Mechanics

Benefits

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)

Company

Kairos Power

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Kairos Power is an ancient Greek word that relates the importance of timeliness and a call to action.
dateFounded in 2016
location
Alameda, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://kairospower.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$0.02M
Key Investors
New Mexico Economic Development DepartmentBloombergNEF
2022-06-03Grant· $0.02M
2022-04-14Grant

Leadership Team

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Mike Laufer
CEO
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