Senior Hardware Integration Engineer

Oklo; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Equity

Health insurance with employer contribution

Job summary

Oklo is searching for an Integration Engineer to transform the future of energy by leading integration efforts in complex hardware systems. This pivotal role requires 5–10 years of experience in systems engineering and integration, working collaboratively across teams to define and execute integration plans.

The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and excellent communication skills. Oklo offers a flexible work environment with competitive pay, benefits, and travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in systems engineering and integration of complex hardware systems.
• Proven experience with Systems Engineering, Integration and Test teams.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integration plans including interface readiness and test objectives.
• Drive alignment across diverse teams to support successful integration.
• Coordinate integration-related inputs across various departments.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Technical Communication

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

CAD platforms (e.g., Solidworks, NX)

Job description

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Integration Engineer to join our team.

Position Description

Oklo is transforming the future of energy, and we’re looking for a senior Integration Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team and help drive the successful integration of complex hardware systems from design through validation, verification and deployment. This role is ideal for a systems‑minded engineer with 5–10 years of experience working across Systems Engineering, Integration and Test, hardware engineering, project execution, and procurement teams in a highly regulated industry. You will be responsible for aligning cross-functional stakeholders around system and product integration plans, identifying and resolving technical and programmatic integration risks, and ensuring that interfaces, requirements, test objectives, and delivery plans are well understood and executed.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Develop and maintain system and product integration plans, including integration sequencing, interface readiness, test objectives, risk areas, and cross‑functional dependencies.
• Drive alignment across systems engineering, hardware engineering, integration and test, project management, procurement, suppliers, and other stakeholders to support successful system integration.
• Identify, track, and help resolve technical and programmatic integration risks, gaps, and blockers across complex hardware systems.
• Support requirements flow down, interface management, verification planning, integration readiness reviews, and test readiness activities.
• Coordinate integration‑related inputs across design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, test, and delivery schedules to ensure teams are working from a shared plan.
• Communicate integration status, risks, decisions, and priorities clearly to technical teams, project leadership, and cross‑functional stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of experience in systems engineering and integration of complex hardware systems.
• Proven experience working with Systems Engineering, Integration and Test, or SEIT‑type teams in a cross‑functional engineering environment.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across diverse technical teams, including engineering, project management, procurement, manufacturing, suppliers, and test organizations.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to drive alignment across teams with competing priorities.
• Experience supporting system integration activities in a highly regulated or technically complex industry.

Bonus Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proficiency with systems engineering tools, solutions, and processes for requirements management, interface management, verification planning, or system architecture.
• Experience with interface control drawings within CAD platforms (such as Solidworks, NX, etc.)
• Familiarity with systems engineering standards, frameworks, or professional practices such as INCOSE.
• Experience applying Model‑Based Systems Engineering principles, methods, or tools.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as nuclear, aerospace, defense, medical devices, energy, or similar complex hardware environments.
• Experience supporting integrated product teams, supplier integration, test readiness reviews, verification and validation planning, or complex hardware delivery programs.

We are looking for an Integration Engineer that is:

• Organized – Maintains clear plans, priorities, documentation, and follow‑through across multiple technical workstreams, stakeholders, and integration milestones.
• Passion – Demonstrates enthusiasm for clean energy, advanced fission, and systems thinking, with a strong desire to help deliver complex technologies that can have meaningful real‑world impact.
• Proactive – Anticipates integration risks, gaps, and misalignments early, and takes initiative to drive clarity, decisions, and action before issues become blockers.
• Results‑driven – Focuses on practical execution, measurable progress, and successful outcomes while balancing technical rigor, schedule needs, and cross‑functional constraints.
• Highly effective communicator – Communicates clearly and credibly across engineering, project, procurement, supplier, and leadership audiences, translating complex technical information into actionable plans and decisions.

Who you are

Startup person: Not driven by titles or hierarchy, preferring efficiency to excess process. Comfortable working independently in a fast‑paced team. Willing to travel to headquarters and other designated locations as needed.

Motivated: Self‑motivated with enthusiasm for the team and the mission, focused on tangible contributions rather than status or work‑life balance signals.

A team‑player: Collaborative, shares ownership, and refrains from blaming others for outcomes.

An excellent communicator: Technically competent with clear, upbeat communication skills.

Creative: Identifies problems outside clear scope and invents solutions without micromanagement.

Detail‑oriented: Maintains high standards of grammar, spelling, and overall quality in communication.

Travel & Benefits

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.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance with employer contribution, HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and other benefits.

Export Control

This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

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.

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