Facility Design Engineer

Summary

Join Oklo's fuel recycling engineering team as a Facility Design Engineer to develop balance-of-plant designs for a commercial-scale Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) recycling facility. You will perform process analysis, generate requirements, and design and specify equipment. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and external firms is essential. Responsibilities include developing facility layouts, defining equipment specifications, managing partner firms, and overseeing building drawings. The ideal candidate possesses 5-10+ years of experience in facility design and a strong engineering background. Oklo offers competitive compensation, flexible time off, equity, 401k, health insurance, and other benefits.

Requirements

• Possess 5-10+ years of experience in facility design (or heavy modification), construction, and/or industrial engineering
• Have an engineering education, potentially Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or Structural
• Have experience working with large-scale manufacturing or chemical process facilities design or operation
• Have project management and vendor management experience
• Have experience with 2D and 3D CAD software
• Possess broad familiarity with engineering principles, including having strong systems engineering intuition
• Have experience with ‘balance-of-plant’ facility design
• Have experience with the engineering drawing types utilized for a large-scale facility

Responsibilities

• Develop facility layouts, workflows, and infrastructure plans to optimize efficiency, safety, security and compliance
• Define specifications, performance criteria, and requirements for facility process support equipment
• Interact and manage partner A&E firms supporting facility development work
• Perform project management relating to facility design
• Create and/or oversee building drawings: architectural, P&ID, pipe routing, etc
• Establish maintenance and reliability processes and procedures
• Generate maintenance and reliability documentation to be included in regulatory filings

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience in the commercial or governmental nuclear sectors
• Have experience designing for high reliability and extended maintenance intervals
• Have experience with mechanized material handling systems
• Have experience managing radioactive material
• Have experience in facilities using a high-level of automation
• Have experience designing equipment for high (>500 C) temperature operation
• Have experience deploying or working on pilot plants
• Possess a Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent certification

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Equity
• Competitive pay
• 401k
• Health insurance
• FSA
• Flexible work hours