The role
What you'll do
- Establish fire protection requirements that inform plant design
- Develop Fire Hazard Analyses, Fire Protection Program, First Safe Shutdown Analyses, and other licensing and design documentation
- Define equipment architecture, specifications, operational modes, and performance criteria
- Lead the design of fire protection equipment
- Perform commissioning and testing of fire protection systems
- Manage projects with third party fire protection consultants
- Document work using modern tools and techniques, and compose well-written, thoughtful technical reports
- Minimum Qualifications:
The bar
What you'll bring
- Engineering education, potentially Fire Protection, Nuclear, Chemical, or Mechanical
- Experience performing design of fire protection systems in the nuclear, petroleum, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical industries
- Broad familiarity with engineering principles, and having strong systems engineering and operations intuition
- Competencies
- We are looking for a Fire Protection Engineer that is:
- Knowledgable in nuclear facility fire protection design and operations under an NRC or DOE license
- Experienced with NFPA 804 or NFPA 850
- Experience with IBC or IFC standards
- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
- 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
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
- 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. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.
- 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. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! 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.
- An 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. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.
- Detail-oriented : This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.
- 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.
Additional notes
Other
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Fire Protection Engineer to join our engineering team. We are looking to fill this position immediately.
Position Description
Fire Protection Engineers at Oklo are responsible for the design and development of the fire protection systems in Oklo's power plants.
Specific responsibilities may include:
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