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Role 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
• 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:

• Developing and maintaining integrated schedules for nuclear system design, equipment qualification, procurement, and construction activities
• Incorporating regulatory milestones, QA/QC steps, readiness reviews, and hold points into project timelines
• Tracking progress across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, safety analysis, licensing)
• Identifying schedule risks, critical-path items, and long-lead nuclear components
• Leading recurring project coordination meetings, ensuring alignment between engineering, licensing, procurement, and construction teams
• Preparing status reports for internal leadership and regulators (as applicable)
• Generating procurement documentation for safety-related, ASME-coded, and nuclear-grade equipment
• Managing RFQs, vendor communications, and verification of technical and quality requirements (e.g., material certs, CMTRs, FATs, documentation packages)
• Tracking lead times, manufacturing progress, inspections, and delivery schedules of critical nuclear components
• Working closely with supply chain quality, engineering, and project managers to ensure compliance with nuclear procurement processes
• Maintaining detailed engineering task lists, design action logs, and configuration-controlled revision tracking
• Using workflow tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, etc.) to monitor engineering deliverables, safety analyses, and change requests
• Tracking cross-functional tasks involving design, safety analysis, licensing, quality, and fabrication teams
• Driving timely completion of design outputs required for regulatory submittals, procurement packages, or construction milestones
• Producing weekly progress reports with status indicators, overdue items, and resource gaps
• Supporting preparation for audits, design reviews, readiness assessments, and regulatory inspections
• Presenting schedule impacts, procurement status, and risk mitigation updates to leadership and regulatory stakeholders
• Documenting project decisions, change impacts, and maintaining traceability for regulated engineering activities
• Ensuring project documentation follows nuclear QA requirements (e.g., NQA-1 or equivalent)
• Managing design records, procurement documentation, inspection results, and nonconformance follow-up
• Assisting in developing and improving internal processes related to scheduling, procurement, and engineering workflow
• Supporting risk assessments, cost tracking, and project performance reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• 2–5+ years of experience in greenfield or brownfield engineering projects in a regulated industrial environment preferred
• Understanding of quality management systems and functioned under at least one licensed system
• Experience with project scheduling tools
• Strong understanding of technical drawings, engineering deliverables, and procurement packages
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• 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 the ability to clearly document and present engineering work
• Comfortable working with external manufacturers and engineering consultants

Requirements

• Experience with advanced reactor technologies (e.g., 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

Benefits

• Salary: $100,000-$150,000
• Flexible time off
• Equity
• Competitive pay
• 401k
• Health insurance
• FSA
• Flexible work hours
• Other benefits