About this role
Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. The Senior Process Controls Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, troubleshooting, scaling, and monitoring various process control systems for the Oklo fuel recycling facility.
Responsibilities:
- Develop systems that meet facility and regulatory requirements
- Develop and document overall control philosophy – define key control variables, setpoints, and rationale to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient process operations
- Prepare and review control system documentation – including instrument loop drawings, logic drawings, cause-and-effect matrices, and interlock schemes
- Define and manage control and alarm strategies – establish alarm priorities, setpoints, and functional descriptions to support operator awareness and system safety
- Design and specify control system architecture – covering hardware, software, and network requirements for distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and human-machine interface (HMI) applications
- Generate technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings
Requirements:
- Degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering or similar
- 10+ years of experience in process controls engineering or similar field
- Experience with nuclear fuel cycle and/or high-temperature/-corrosion facilities and operations
- Experience with control narratives/philosophies, piping and instrumentation diagrams, interlock lists, instrument specifications, and instrument set points
- Experience designing, managing, commissioning, and operating DCS, PLC, alarm, safety, and HMI systems
- Experience leading or serving as a subject matter expert in process hazard analysis studies
- Experience deploying or working on first-of-a-kind or pilot plants
- Commercial or governmental nuclear industry experience