Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

About this role

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to join our engineering team.

Position Description:

The Instrumentation and Controls Engineer is responsible for developing, analyzing, and integrating measurement and control systems to support reactor operation. This position may reside within powerhouse engineering supporting power generation or within the isotopes organization supporting isotope reactors.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Design instrumentation and control systems that integrate sensors, instrumentation, actuators, and other control components

• Lead the technical execution of assigned systems as a responsible engineer that coordinates requirements, design, testing, and commissioning

• Develop control strategies and algorithms for industrial equipment

• Support our engineering team in integrating and coupling engineering analyses

• Provide technical feedback to quick-iterating design teams

• Document work using modern tools and techniques, and write well-written, thoughtful technical reports

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience specifying, designing, and integrating instrumentation that spans temperature, pressure, radiation, neutron instrumentation, and other process measurement technologies

• Experience with measurement techniques, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and logic diagrams

• Experience developing system and component level requirements

• Experience designing control strategies and automating industrial equipment and processes

• Experience managing, communicating with, and providing oversight to EPC contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers

• Experience with analog and digital circuits

• Experience with digital networks and communication protocols

• A valid U.S. Citizenship is required for this position based on NRC and DOE requirements

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with thermal energy conversion systems and components

• Experience with electricity transmission and power electronics

• Experience with Python

Competencies:

We are looking for an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer that is:

• Passionate about clean energy

• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

• Willing and able to learn quickly

• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment

• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving, while not leaning only on what has been done before

• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

Who you are:

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.