Electrical Engineer — Owner‑Side Lead for Nuclear Plant

Oklo Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Bonuses

401(k)

Health insurance (employer contrib.)

HSA

FSA

Flexible work hours

Wellness credits

Job summary

Oklo Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to lead owner-side electrical design for the Aurora-INL project in Idaho National Laboratory.

You will coordinate across Oklo teams, EPC partners, equipment vendors, and construction to deliver integrated, constructible electrical systems. You will own the electrical scope from development through procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover, reviewing studies and vendor submittals, and resolving issues to protect

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited program.
• 8+ years of electrical engineering experience with power-generation systems.
• Experience with facility power distribution, grounding, electrical equipment, and electrical studies.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, and vendor submittals.
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards, including IEEE standards and relevant building and fire codes.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate work across multiple engineering disciplines, contractors, and vendors.
• Strong ownership, organization, communication, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel to project offices, vendor facilities, and the Aurora-INL construction site.

Responsibilities

• Provide owner-side technical leadership for Aurora-INL electrical systems.
• Own electrical scope from design development through procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover.
• Coordinate electrical work performed by EPC partners and equipment vendors, ensuring responsibilities and interfaces are clearly defined.
• Establish, review, and maintain electrical design criteria, requirements, calculations, specifications, drawings, and equipment data.
• Review electrical studies, including load flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, arc-flash, grounding, and other applicable analyses.
• Verify that electrical requirements and design inputs are consistently incorporated across drawings, specifications, studies, vendor packages, and construction documents.
• Lead resolution of technical questions, RFIs, design changes, nonconformances, and field issues.
• Support equipment procurement by developing technical requirements, reviewing vendor proposals and submittals, and resolving vendor interfaces.
• Work closely with project management and scheduling teams to identify priorities, dependencies, risks, and decisions affecting delivery.
• Work effectively in a progressive design-build environment where engineering, procurement, and construction activities overlap.
• Support constructability reviews, installation planning, inspections, testing, commissioning, and operations.
• Promote practical, solutions-oriented collaboration while maintaining safety, quality, and technical rigor.

Skills

Owner-side leadership

Electrical design coordination

Power generation systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

CDEGS

Bluebeam

Job description

Oklo Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to lead owner-side electrical design for the Aurora-INL project in Idaho National Laboratory.

You will coordinate across Oklo teams, EPC partners, equipment vendors, and construction to deliver integrated, constructible electrical systems. You will own the electrical scope from development through procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover, reviewing studies and vendor submittals, and resolving issues to protect