Security Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Security Engineer to join our team. We are looking to fill this position immediately.

A Security Engineer at Oklo is responsible for assessing, designing, and justifying the effectiveness of site security at facilities possessing special nuclear material. It is a comprehensive role that demands a creative mindset, able to envision challenges against a security system and develop the justification of control measures that provide an adequate assurance of protection. Design and compliance of security systems responsible for the protection of special nuclear material involves a comfort with navigating U.S. nuclear regulations and guidance to produce defensible security plans against complex challenges.

As a member of the greater engineering organization at Oklo, collaboration is a necessity. In the realm of security, significant breadth and appetite for understanding system interdependency is a must for security specialists expected to justify adequate protective strategies across a nuclear facility of interrelated systems.

• Passionate about clean energy, the environment, and making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly and to think differently in a highly regulated and prescriptive industry
• Able to assess threat environments with an analytical mindset for substantiation
• Knowledge of 10 CFR 73 and 10 CFR 70, along with NRC Regulatory Guides and other regulatory guidance
• Precise communication skills, including the ability to communicate nuanced technical content in multiple forms
• Comfortable in a fast‑paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• Flexible and open to new ideas; ability to work with a highly collaborative team

• Bachelor’s degree or similar experience in technical exposure
• Familiarity with the capabilities various firearms, explosives and tactical equipment
• Experience with regulatory compliance
• Experience with national threat policy
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work effectively in multi‑disciplinary teams
• Eligible and able to maintain access to safeguards information

• Military or law enforcement experience
• Recent experience with demolition methods
• Experience with adversary analysis or “red team planning”
• Experience as a force‑on‑force member or observer/controller
• Experience with tabletop and scenario development
• Familiarity with implementation of NIST control frameworks
• Current national security information background investigation or safeguards access

• Passionate about clean energy, the environment, and making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly and to think differently in a highly regulated and prescriptive industry
• Able to assess threat environments with an analytical mindset for substantiation
• Knowledge of 10 CFR 73 and 10 CFR 70, along with NRC Regulatory Guides and other regulatory guidance
• Precise communication skills, including the ability to communicate nuanced technical content in multiple forms
• Comfortable in a fast‑paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• Flexible and open to new ideas; ability to work with a highly collaborative team

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 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…