Safety Analysis Engineer

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2 Locations
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Mid level
Energy
The Role
The Safety Analysis Engineer will design and develop safety analyses for Oklo's reactor systems, review regulatory documents, execute engineering analyses, collaborate with a team on licensing projects, and document their work. The role requires both technical skills and the ability to communicate effectively within a fast-paced startup environment.
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Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Safety Analysis Engineer to join our team. 

Position Description

The Safety Analysis Engineer is responsible for designing and developing analyses that form the safety bases that will be incorporated in the license application for Oklo’s reactor systems. This position includes review of regulatory document and codes, developing technical strategies, designing and executing engineering analyses, conducting modeling and simulation, and crafting documentation. Additionally, the team member in this position collaborates closely with other regulatory and design engineers, aiding in the execution of key licensing deliverables.

 

Specific responsibilities may include the following:

  • Performing safety analysis using quantitative and qualitative methodologies
  • Developing safety bases
  • Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to establish functional, performance, safety, and other facility requirements, and to engineer effective optimized mitigations
  • Executing licensing projects and contributing strategically to licensing deliverables
  • Managing projects for an interdisciplinary team of engineers
  • Developing analytical and computational methods and models
  • Documenting work using modern tools and techniques, and writing well-written, thoughtful technical reports

Competencies

We are looking for a Safety Analysis Engineer that is:

  • Passionate about clean energy
  • Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
  • Experienced with building formal safety bases
  • 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
  • Able to communicate technical content and results in written form and verbally

Who you are:

A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.

An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.

Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Proficiency with thermal-hydraulics analysis
  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in a technical field, such as nuclear, mechanical, or aerospace engineering
  • Experience with systems-level analysis codes such as SAS4A/SASSYS-1, SAM, RELAP, TRACE, GOTHIC, or equivalent is highly recommended
  • Experience with reactor transient analysis methods
  • Fluency with Python


Bonus Qualifications

  • Core competencies in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics first principles
  • Professional experience developing or amending safety case analyses on high-hazard or highly-regulated facilities
  • Prior experience developing or amending safety bases and associated documentation for NRC-licensed or DOE-authorized nuclear facilities
  • Experience with specific safety analyses (e.g., steam link break or fuel relocation analysis)
  • Knowledgeable about fast reactors and fuel cycle activities
  • Competency with modern software engineering practices and programming languages
  • Experience with CI/CD computing environments


About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $80,000-$185,000

Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo is a California-based company developing clean energy plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy using advanced fission. Oklo is a fast-growing startup with a history of reliable funding and milestones for more than 5 years.  Oklo’s first product is a microgrid scale powerhouse. The powerhouse can produce clean energy for decades without needing to refuel, and also has the capability to turn nuclear waste into clean energy.

Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, demonstrated fabrication of its fuel, was awarded fuel from the Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first accepted advanced fission license application to the regulator.

Oklo has been featured in Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and was featured in the documentary The New Fire, among many other features.

Top Skills

Gothic
Python
Relap
Sam
Sas4A/Sassys-1
Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis
Trace
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