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Salary: USD 100,000 - 150,000 / annual
Oklo is seeking a Project Engineer to join the fuel fabrication team and support multidisciplinary nuclear design, licensing, procurement, and construction activities. This role is central to maintaining nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, and disciplined project execution across multiple facility deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain integrated schedules for nuclear system design, equipment qualification, procurement, and construction, incorporating regulatory milestones, QA/QC steps, readiness reviews, and hold points.
- Track progress across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, safety analysis, licensing) and 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.
- Generate procurement documentation for safety-related, ASME-coded, and nuclear-grade equipment; manage RFQs, vendor communications, and verification of technical and quality requirements (material certs, CMTRs, FATs, documentation packages).
- Track lead times, manufacturing progress, inspections, and delivery schedules of critical nuclear components.
- Maintain detailed engineering task lists, design action logs, and configuration-controlled revision tracking using workflow tools (Jira, Smartsheet, etc.).
- Prepare status reports for internal leadership and regulators; produce weekly progress reports with status indicators, overdue items, and resource gaps.
- Support preparation for audits, design reviews, readiness assessments, and regulatory inspections.
- Ensure project documentation follows nuclear QA requirements (NQA-1 or equivalent); manage design records, procurement documentation, inspection results, and nonconformance follow-up.
- Assist in developing and improving internal processes related to scheduling, procurement, and engineering workflow.
- Support risk assessments, cost tracking, and project performance reporting.
This is a highly cross-functional role where technical excellence and collaborative mindset are equally valued. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically capable, and well-versed in the rigor required in nuclear environments.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
- Understanding of quality management systems and experience functioning under at least one licensed system.
- Experience with project scheduling tools.
- Strong understanding of technical drawings, engineering deliverables, and procurement packages.
- Solid understanding of mechanical and electrical design principles.
- Working knowledge of material selection (particularly metals), manufacturing methods, and fabrication techniques.
- Proven ability to function in a collaborative team environment on projects through the full development cycle—from concept and design to testing and production.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to clearly document and present engineering work.
- Comfortable working with external manufacturers and engineering consultants.
- Competent in drawing, project tracking, document control, and digital workflow systems (Jira, Smartsheet, etc.).
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with advanced reactor technologies (microreactors, fast reactors, SMRs).
- Familiarity with regulatory processes (NRC, DOE, ASME code compliance).
- Familiarity with nuclear QA requirements (NQA-1 or equivalent).
- Exposure to vendor qualification, commercial-grade dedication, or nuclear-grade procurement.
- Knowledge of ERP tools used in nuclear supply chain environments.
- Prior involvement in safety analyses, design reviews, or licensing workflows.
- Basic knowledge of nuclear fission and radiation effects on materials and components.
