Oklo is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. They are seeking a Process Engineer to design and analyze fluid and power process systems for their power plants, focusing on system architecture and documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Design fluid and process systems including: piping, valves, compressors, pumps, and heat exchangers
- Define process equipment architecture, specifications, operational modes, and performance criteria
- Design, assemble, and operate prototypes to use for iterative design refinement
- Generate documentation guiding the system layout, fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of process equipment
- Serve as process system owner through multiple lifecycle stages
- Generate technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings
- Work with external vendors on process equipment analysis, procurement, and testing
- Document work using modern tools and techniques, and compose well-written, thoughtful technical reports
Requirements:
- Engineering education, potentially Mechanical, Chemical, Petroleum, or Aerospace
- Experience performing design or modification engineering on process equipment, such as that used in the petroleum, nuclear, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical industries
- Broad familiarity with engineering principles, and having strong systems engineering and operations intuition
- Experienced in fluids/process system design, power generation, heat transfer equipment, and/or systems engineering
- Passionate about clean energy
- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
- Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
- Able to communicate technical content and results verbally