Process Engineer - Fuel Recycling
Quick Summary
Process Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and validating chemical separation subsystems for fuel recycling facilities.
Skills & Keywords
Specific responsibilities may include
- Developing systems that meet facility and regulatory requirements
- Defining system and unit process requirements and validation methodologies
- Establishing performance criteria, test protocols, and prototyping equipment
- Developing technical parameters and deploying and operating test systems to use in refining system design and operation
- Completing equipment sizing and specifications and developing instrument process data specifications
- Developing process flow sheets and heat and material balances using process simulation tools
- Developing and maintaining process and instrumentation diagrams
- Generating documentation to guide the fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of subsystems
- Serving as a technical lead through multiple lifecycle stages
- Generating technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings
Minimum Qualifications
Competencies
We are looking for a Process Engineer that is
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.
Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.
- Degree in chemical engineering or related field
- 7+ years of experience in chemical engineering or related field
- Experience using AspenTech, ChemCAD, Promax, automation, Excel, Python, etc., for process and equipment design, reliability studies, and economic analysis
- Experience deploying or working on pilot plants and scaling from demonstration to industrial scale at brown/green field sites
- Commercial or government nuclear industry experiences
- Passionate about clean energy
- An optimist at heart
- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
- 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
- Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
- Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
Compensation & Benefits
Total rewards package
Compensation
$100,000-$160,000
Salary: $100,000-$160,000
Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.
About Oklo Inc. Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho 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.
Benefits included
This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.
oklo
Mountain View, CA
About oklo
Advanced nuclear fission technology and power plant developer.
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