Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Jobtailor; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Health insurance

401k

FSA

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Oklo is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to join our engineering team in Santa Clara, CA. The role focuses on developing, analyzing, and integrating measurement and control systems to support reactor operation.

Responsibilities include designing I&C systems, leading system execution, and developing control strategies for industrial equipment. Travel to HQ for onboarding is required and compensation ranges from $115,000 to $190,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience specifying, designing, and integrating instrumentation spanning temperature, pressure, radiation, neutron instrumentation, and other process measurement technologies.
• Experience measurement techniques, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and logic diagrams.
• Experience developing system and component level requirements.
• Experience designing control strategies and automating industrial equipment and processes.
• Experience managing, communicating with EPC contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers.
• Experience with analog and digital circuits.
• Experience with digital networks and communication protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design instrumentation and control systems that integrate sensors, instrumentation, actuators, and other control components.
• Lead the technical execution of assigned systems coordinating requirements, design, testing, and commissioning.
• Develop control strategies and algorithms for industrial equipment.
• Support engineering team in integrating and coupling engineering analyses.
• Provide technical feedback to fast-moving design teams.
• Document work with modern tools and write clear technical reports.

Skills

Instrumentation systems

Control systems

System requirements

Automating industrial equipment

Requirements coordination

Analog/digital circuits

Digital networks

Python

Job description

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer to join our engineering team.

Position Description

The Instrumentation and Controls Engineer is responsible for developing, analyzing, and integrating measurement and control systems to support reactor operation. This position may reside within powerhouse engineering supporting power generation or within the isotopes organization supporting isotope reactors.

Specific responsibilities

• Design instrumentation and control systems that integrate sensors, instrumentation, actuators, and other control components
• Lead the technical execution of assigned systems as a responsible engineer that coordinates requirements, design, testing, and commissioning
• Develop control strategies and algorithms for industrial equipment
• Support our engineering team in integrating and coupling engineering analyses
• Provide technical feedback to quick-iterating design teams
• Document work using modern tools and techniques, and write well-written, thoughtful technical reports

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience specifying, designing, and integrating instrumentation that spans temperature, pressure, radiation, neutron instrumentation, and other process measurement technologies
• Experience with measurement techniques, signal conditioning, data acquisition, and logic diagrams
• Experience developing system and component level requirements
• Experience designing control strategies and automating industrial equipment and processes
• Experience managing, communicating with, and providing oversight to EPC contractors, vendors, and equipment manufacturers
• Experience with analog and digital circuits
• Experience with digital networks and communication protocols

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with thermal energy conversion systems and components
• Experience with electricity transmission and power electronics
• Experience with Python

Competencies

• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• 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
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

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.
• 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.
• It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.
• A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others.
• We do incredible things because we work as a team.
• Excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
• Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement.
• Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality.

About Oklo travel requirements

Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

About Oklo compensation

Salary: $115,000-$190,000. Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience. Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

About Oklo Inc.

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 was 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.

Oklo’s Values

• Collaboration: We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes.
• Humility: We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world. We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
• Ownership: We take pride in what we do and how we do it. We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through to completion.
• Pathfinding: We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.

Candidates should be aware that 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.