Fuel Fabrication Project Engineer

The posting, as Oklo wrote it

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Project Engineer to join our team.

Position Description

As a Project Engineer on Oklo’s fuel fabrication team, you’ll be responsible for supporting multidisciplinary nuclear design, licensing, procurement, and construction activities by coordinating project schedules, initiating nuclear-grade purchasing, and ensuring clear task tracking across multiple facility deployments for all team members. This role plays a critical part in maintaining nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, and disciplined project execution. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically capable, and well-versed in the rigor required in nuclear environments.

This is a highly cross-functional role where technical excellence and a collaborative mindset are equally valued.

Specific responsibilities may include

Develop and maintain integrated schedules for nuclear system design, equipment qualification, procurement, and construction activities.

Incorporate regulatory milestones, QA/QC steps, readiness reviews, and hold points into project timelines.

Track progress across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, safety analysis, licensing).

Identify schedule risks, critical-path items, and long-lead nuclear components.

Lead recurring project coordination meetings, ensuring alignment between engineering, licensing, procurement, and construction teams.

Prepare status reports for internal leadership and regulators (as applicable).

Generate procurement documentation for safety-related, ASME-coded, and nuclear-grade equipment.

Manage RFQs, vendor communications, and verification of technical and quality requirements (e.g., material certs, CMTRs, FATs, documentation packages).

Track lead times, manufacturing progress, inspections, and delivery schedules of critical nuclear components.

Work closely with supply chain quality, engineering, and project managers to ensure compliance with nuclear procurement processes.

Maintain detailed engineering task lists, design action logs, and configuration-controlled revision tracking.

Use workflow tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, etc.) to monitor engineering deliverables, safety analyses, and change requests.

Track cross-functional tasks involving design, safety analysis, licensing, quality, and fabrication teams.

Drive timely completion of design outputs required for regulatory submittals, procurement packages, or construction milestones.

Produce weekly progress reports with status indicators, overdue items, and resource gaps.

Support preparation for audits, design reviews, readiness assessments, and regulatory inspections.

Present schedule impacts, procurement status, and risk mitigation updates to leadership and regulatory stakeholders.

Document project decisions, change impacts, and maintain traceability for regulated engineering activities.

Ensure project documentation follows nuclear QA requirements (e.g.,
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o National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.

#CHOP: Oklo’s Values
Collaboration : We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes.
Humility : We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world. We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
Ownership : We take pride in what we do and how we do it. We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through to completion. We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
Pathfinding : We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.
Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.

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