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Core Design Engineer

Oklo · Santa Clara, CA or Remote · Remote

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About Oklo

Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, affordable energy at scale, establishing a domestic supply chain for…. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Traveling to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) 2x per calendar quarter for team meetings, company offsite, or other business gatherings Translating top-level stakeholder requirements into well-written system functional requirements

What they're looking for

  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in nuclear engineering or a related field
  • Experience with core design from a multidisciplinary perspective
  • Experience with object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, C++)
  • Experience with neutronic analyses
  • Experience with thermal hydraulic analysis
  • Experience with material analysis
More about this role

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Core Design Engineer to join our engineering team.

Core Design Engineers at Oklo are responsible for designing performant and manufacturable reactor cores which balance neutronic, thermal hydraulic, material, mechanical, and economic considerations. Work performed by Core Design Engineers includes executing multiphysics simulations to assess core performance, writing clear and thorough design documentation, performing analyses to validate and verify core requirements, and working closely with fabrication engineers to mature their designs.

Core design is an interdisciplinary field, we are looking for applicants who have a holistic understanding of reactor physics that lets them quickly ascertain how proposed design changes will impact core performance. Level will be determined based on applicant experience.

Traveling to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) 2x per calendar quarter for team meetings, company offsite, or other business gatherings

Translating top-level stakeholder requirements into well-written system functional requirements

Modeling core performance over time through multiphysics simulations and first principles...

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Reactor Engineering

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