CAD​/PLM Administrator - SolidWorks

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You will work closely with designers, engineers, and engineering infrastructure teams to stand up and support the CAD and PLM systems that enable Oklo’s advanced reactor design and deployment. This role sits at the intersection of design and infrastructure, helping engineers move faster while maintaining clean, reliable, and scalable design data.

Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy.

This role is focused on standing up, configuring, and supporting our Solid Works based CAD environment and associated PLM infrastructure, ensuring designers can be productive quickly while laying the groundwork for scalable, well managed engineering data. You will support a variety of internal “customers” and use tooling, automation, and process to ensure that engineering teams can do their jobs effectively.

Oklo is a fast growing engineering organization continuing to mature and scale its CAD and PLM capabilities. You will have the opportunity to help shape how design tools, data management, and engineering workflows operate at Oklo as we standardize and expand these systems to support the company’s long term engineering needs. A nuclear background is not required, but curiosity, adaptability, and a bias toward execution are essential in this role.

Members supporting Oklo’s engineering tooling help enable design and data workflows across disciplines. In this role, you might:

• Install, configure, and maintain Solid Works and supporting infrastructure across local Windows workstations, virtual desktop environments, and centralized server backends.
• Stand up and administer PLM and PDM systems such as Solid Works PDM Professional and Solid Works Manage (or equivalent enterprise PLM tools), including workflows, permissions, item life cycles, and change states.
• Support designers and engineers through onboarding, troubleshooting, and day-to-day CAD and PLM issues.
• Configure and maintain revision control, access control, and data integrity for CAD and engineering artifacts.
• Support CAD data migration, system transitions, or coexistence with legacy tools where needed.
• Develop lightweight automation, scripts, or utilities to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Monitor system health and performance across client machines, virtual desktop infrastructure, and backend services, diagnosing and resolving issues as they arise.
• Document configurations, workflows, and best practices for both users and administrators.
• Collaborate across engineering, IT, QA, and manufacturing teams, balancing competing priorities and driving projects forward independently in the face of ambiguity.

We would like to see a clear track record of the following, based on your past roles and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
• A minimum of three years of experience supporting CAD, PDM, or PLM systems in a production environment.
• Hands on experience administering Solid Works or similar mechanical CAD platforms.
• Experience with PLM or PDM concepts including revision control, access management, workflows, and lifecycle states.
• Comfort working in Windows based enterprise environments, including physical workstations and virtual desktop infrastructure, and coordinating with IT infrastructure teams.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with designers and engineers.
• Curiosity and interest in advanced engineering, complex systems, and clean energy technologies.

• Direct experience with Solid Works PDM Professional and or Solid Works Manage.
• Experience administering ENOVIA, Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar enterprise PLM systems.
• Experience standing up CAD or PLM systems from scratch or during a tool transition.
• Scripting or automation experience using Python, Power Shell, batch, or APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud hosted or on premises CAD and PLM environments, including virtualized desktop solutions.
• Experience working in regulated, compliance conscious, or hardware…