Senior Mechanical Analyst Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Mechanical Analyst Engineer at Oklo, a California-based startup developing clean energy plants. The role involves analyzing mechanical components as part of the power plant design, performing engineering analyses, identifying deficiencies, collaborating with teams, and documenting work. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, a team player, an excellent communicator, creative, detail-oriented, and have experience in finite element analysis (FEA) using software like ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL, Nastran.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA) of mechanical systems using ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL, Nastran, or others (2-5 years)
• Proficiency in a CAD software

Responsibilities

• Performing engineering analyses, which can include thermal, stress, fatigue, tolerance, safety, manufacturability, and cost
• Performing multiphysics finite element analysis (FEA)
• Identifying deficiencies in mechanical designs and proactively making improvements in collaboration with engineering design teams
• Planning for manufacturing and assembly of components and subsystems
• Collaborating with engineering analysis teams to support comprehensive multiphysics analysis of the design
• Documenting work using modern tools and techniques in well-written technical reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical systems and products (1-3 years)
• Experience in design for manufacturing (1-3 years)
• Experience performing design optimizations utilizing tools such as Optistruct, Hyper study, or ANSYS optimization
• Has overseen at least 1 project from ideation to construction/fabrication and implementation
• Fluency in Python

Benefits

• Salary: $70,000-$150,000
• Flexible time off
• Equity
• Competitive pay
• 401k
• Health insurance
• FSA
• Flexible work hours
• Other benefits