Lead Process Engineer – Fuel Recycling & Clean Energy

Oklo Inc

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 160,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Process Engineer for its Fuel Recycling engineering team to design, develop, prototype, and validate key chemical separation subsystems for a nuclear fuel recycling facility.

You will collaborate across facility design, unit process equipment, and licensing to meet regulatory requirements. You will lead design activities, define performance criteria, and generate technical documentation for regulatory filings.

Qualifications

  • Degree in chemical engineering or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in chemical engineering or related field.
  • Experience with process design tools (AspenTech/ChemCAD/Promax) and pilot plant scaling (demonstration to industrial).

Responsibilities

  • Conduct design, development, prototyping, and validation of chemical separation subsystems and supporting systems.
  • Define system requirements and validation methodologies to meet facility and regulatory needs.
  • Develop process flow sheets and heat/mass balances using process simulation tools.
  • Create and maintain P&IDs and operator/instrumentation data specs.
  • Prepare documentation for fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, and regulatory filings.

Skills

Chemical engineering
Process design
Process simulation
Regulatory compliance
Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or related field

Tools

AspenTech
ChemCAD
Promax
Excel
Python

Job description

Oklo Inc. is seeking a Process Engineer for its Fuel Recycling engineering team to design, develop, prototype, and validate key chemical separation subsystems for a nuclear fuel recycling facility.

You will collaborate across facility design, unit process equipment, and licensing to meet regulatory requirements. You will lead design activities, define performance criteria, and generate technical documentation for regulatory filings.

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