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 Qua lifications: - 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!