Fire Protection Engineer

Position

Fire Protection Engineer – Oklo. Immediate fill.

Fire Protection Engineers at Oklo are responsible for the design and development of the fire protection systems in Oklo's power plants.

• Establish fire protection requirements that inform plant design.
• Develop Fire Hazard Analyses, Fire Protection Program, First Safe Shutdown Analyses, and other licensing and design documentation.
• Define equipment architecture, specifications, operational modes, and performance criteria.
• Lead the design of fire protection equipment.
• Perform commissioning and testing of fire protection systems.
• Manage projects with third‑party fire protection consultants.
• Document work using modern tools and techniques, and compose well‑written, thoughtful technical reports.

• Engineering education, potentially in Fire Protection, Nuclear, Chemical, or Mechanical.
• Experience performing design of fire protection systems in the nuclear, petroleum, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical industries.
• Broad familiarity with engineering principles and strong systems engineering and operations intuition.
• Knowledgeable in nuclear facility fire protection design and operations under an NRC or DOE license.
• Experience with NFPA 804 or NFPA 850.
• Experience with IBC or IFC standards.
• Passionate about 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 problems, without relying only on past solutions.
• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems.
• An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice.
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally.

You are a startup person who is driven by efficiency, self‑motivated, a team‑player, an excellent communicator, creative, detail‑oriented, and comfortable in a fast‑paced environment.

Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter and attend onboarding onsite for the first two weeks.

Salary range: $80,000 – $155,000, dependent on experience. Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.