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Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Oklo· Reactor Engineering
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Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA), Remote$115k - $190kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Instrumentation and Controls Engineer at Oklo, focused on developing, analyzing, and integrating measurement and control systems to support reactor operation, with potential placement in powerhouse engineering or isotope organization.

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

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
  • A valid U.S. Citizenship is required for this position based on NRC and DOE requirements

Skills

Required:Instrumentation design and integrationMeasurement techniques, signal conditioning, data acquisition, logic diagramsSystem and component requirementsControl strategies and automationVendor and EPC contractor oversightAnalog and digital circuitsDigital networks and communication protocols
Nice to have:Python

Benefits

  • flexible time off
  • equity
  • competitive pay
  • 401k
  • health insurance
  • FSA
  • flexible work hours
  • other benefits
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Emission free, always on power from advanced fission power plants.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. (Oklo) is developing advanced fission power plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy. Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, has performed successful prototypic fuel fabrication, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, developed the first advanced fission combined license application accepted and docketed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and national laboratories. Oklo has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and is featured in the Oliver Stone documentary Nuclear, among other features.

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