Safety Analysis Engineer

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

11d•$80,000 - $185,000•Remote

About The Position

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 design and licensing deliverables.

Requirements

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
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.
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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