Safety Analysis Engineer
Oklo
Santa Clara
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Safety Analysis Engineer to join our team.
- Develop and maintain safety basis documents according to applicable Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulation and guidance
- Support Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA), Criticality Safety Evaluations, Fire Hazard Analysis (FHA), and Natural Phenomena Hazard (NPH) analysis
- Identify and evaluate radiological, criticality, chemical, fire, and natural phenomena hazards
- Identify and evaluate accident sequences using both inductive and deductive methods
- Perform deterministic consequence severity calculations for radiological/chemical source term and dose
- Perform likelihood calculations using qualitative and semi-quantitative (e.g., layers of protection analysis)
- Designate items relied on for safety (IROFS) for the prevention and mitigation of accidents
- Develop management measures to ensure adequate availability and reliability of IROFS
- Passionate about clean energy
- An optimist at heart
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, or related discipline; a master's or Ph.D. is highly desirable
- 3-5 years of experience in experience in nuclear safety, process safety, or similar high-hazard environments.
- Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) and Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) PHA methods
- NRC licensed fuel cycle facility safety basis development
- Consequence severity analysis using RADTRAD, MELCOR/MACCS, ARCON and PAVAN
- Event tree and fault tree analysis
- NUREG-1513, NUREG-1520, NUREG-1718 and relevant regulatory frameworks
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.
#CHOP: Oklo’s ValuesCollaboration: 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. We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy. 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.
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