Senior Process Controls Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Senior Process Controls Engineer for our recycling engineering team.

Position

Description:

The person in this role will be responsible for designing, implementing, troubleshooting, scaling, and monitoring various process control systems for the Oklo fuel recycling facility. Some subsystems may include off-gas separation, and waste immobilization. It will include collaboration with cross-functional teams including those with a focus on facility design, unit process equipment design, and licensing.

This position could alternatively be fulfilled by someone with experience and/or education in instrumentation and controls, electrical, chemical, or process engineering.

Specific responsibilities may include:

* Develop systems that meet facility and regulatory requirements

* Develop and document overall control philosophy - define key control variables, setpoints, and rationale to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient process operations

* Prepare and review control system documentation - including instrument loop drawings, logic drawings, cause-and-effect matrices, and interlock schemes

* Define and manage control and alarm strategies - establish alarm priorities, setpoints, and functional descriptions to support operator awareness and system safety

* Design and specify control system architecture - covering hardware, software, and network requirements for distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and human-machine interface (HMI) applications

* Generate technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings

Competencies:

We are looking for a Senior Process Controls Engineer that is:

* Motivated by building, and getting technology deployed

* Energized by tackling and overcoming challenges

* Passionate about clean energy, and 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

* Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

* An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!

Minimum Qualifications:

* Degree in Chemical or Electrical Engineering or similar

* 10+ years of experience in process controls engineering or similar field

Bonus

Qualifications:

* Experience with nuclear fuel cycle and/or high-temperature/-corrosion facilities and operations

* Experience with control narratives/philosophies, piping and instrumentation diagrams, interlock lists, instrument specifications, and instrument set points

* Experience designing, managing, commissioning, and operating DCS, PLC, alarm, safety, and HMI systems

* Experience leading or serving as a subject matter expert in process hazard analysis studies

* Experience deploying or working on first-of-a-kind or pilot plants

* Commercial or governmental nuclear industry experience

Who you are:

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…