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Oklo

Senior Process Controls Engineer

Oklo, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053

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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. The role involves collaboration with cross‑functional teams including facility design, unit process equipment design, and licensing.

Applicants may have a background in instrumentation and controls, electrical, chemical, or process engineering.

Specific Responsibilities

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

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

About Oklo Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo is the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.

Benefits Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

We are looking to fill this position immediately!

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