Oklo Inc · 23 hours ago
Facility Design Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$80K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expOklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. The Facility Design Engineer will be responsible for developing balance-of-plant design for a commercial-scale Used Nuclear Fuel recycling facility, focusing on process analysis, requirements generation, and equipment design.
Clean EnergyEnergyManufacturingNuclearRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Developing facility layouts, workflows, and infrastructure plans to optimize efficiency, safety, security and compliance
Defining specifications, performance criteria, and requirements for facility process support equipment, including but not limited to:
Mechanical systems – pumps, heat exchangers, piping, valves, etc
Electrical systems – transformers, switchgear, high-power DC rectifiers, etc
I&C – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), instrumentation sensors, emergency shutdown systems (ESD)
Backup power generation – generators, fuel tanks and storage, uninterruptable power supplies, etc
HVAC & ventilation
Water and waste systems
Interacting and managing partner A&E firms supporting facility development work
Project management relating to facility design
Creation and/or oversight of building drawings: architectural, P&ID, pipe routing, etc
Establishing maintenance and reliability processes and procedures
Generating maintenance and reliability documentation to be included in regulatory filings
Qualification
Required
5-10+ years of experience in facility design (or heavy modification), construction, and/or industrial engineering
Engineering education, potentially Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or Structural
Experience working with large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities design or operation
Project management and vendor management experience
Experience with 2D and 3D CAD software
Broad familiarity with engineering principles, including having strong systems engineering intuition
Experience with ‘balance-of-plant' facility design
Experience with the engineering drawing types utilized for a large-scale facility
Preferred
Experience in the commercial or governmental nuclear sectors
Experience designing for high reliability and extended maintenance intervals
Experience with mechanized material handling systems
Experience managing radioactive material
Experience in facilities using a high-level of automation
Experience designing equipment for high (>500 C) temperature operation
Experience deploying or working on pilot plants
Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent certification
Benefits
Flexible time off
Equity
Competitive pay
401k
Health insurance
FSA
Flexible work hours
Other benefits
Company
Oklo Inc
Oklo's mission is to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy through the deployment of next-generation fast fission technology and recycling nuclear waste.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$440.6M2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $440.6M
2024-05-09IPO
2021-11-15Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Jacob DeWitte
CEO and Co-Founder
Craig Bealmear
Chief Financial Officer
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