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Instrumentation & Controls Technician

Oklo· Engineering
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Idaho Falls, ID, Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA)$30/hr - $55/hrfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Instrumentation & Controls Technician to support design, fabrication, commissioning, and operation of test platforms for advanced nuclear technology development in Idaho Falls, with emphasis on Emerson DeltaV, QA familiarity (ASME NQA-1 preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Instrumentation Installation and Integration: Install, terminate, configure, and verify sensors, transmitters, control valves, analyzers, data-acquisition equipment, and associated electrical and pneumatic systems.
  • Control System Support: Configure, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, data-acquisition systems, human-machine interfaces, and test control hardware. Support development and modification of Emerson DeltaV configurations, graphics, alarms, and control strategies.
  • Test Platform Fabrication: Support the fabrication and assembly of test platforms, including instrument panels, control cabinets, junction boxes, cable trays, conduit, tubing, wiring, and pneumatic systems.
  • Test Operations: Support test readiness reviews, equipment startup, test execution, shutdown, and post-test activities. Monitor instrumentation and control-system performance during testing and respond to abnormal or unexpected conditions.
  • Troubleshooting and Maintenance: Diagnose and correct instrumentation, electrical, communications, controls, and data-acquisition issues. Perform preventive maintenance and recommend improvements that increase reliability, maintainability, and test efficiency.
  • Procurement and Equipment Selection: Assist with the selection and procurement of instrumentation, controls equipment, calibration tools, electrical components, and test-platform materials. Coordinate with suppliers and verify that procured equipment meets technical and quality requirements.

Qualifications

  • Associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship, military technical training, or equivalent practical experience in instrumentation, controls, electronics, electrical technology, industrial automation, or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of hands-on experience with industrial instrumentation, control systems, test systems, process facilities, or similar equipment.
  • Experience installing, calibrating, commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting industrial instrumentation.
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, instrument data sheets, and equipment manuals.
  • Familiarity with common industrial signals and protocols, including 4–20 mA, discrete I/O, HART, and Ethernet-based communications.
  • Experience using calibration and diagnostic equipment such as digital multimeters, process calibrators, pressure calibrators, loop simulators, communicators, and electrical test equipment.
  • Ability to lift, move, and position equipment weighing up to 30 pounds.

Skills

Required:Instrumentation and control systemsElectrical schematics and diagramsSignals and protocolsCalibration and diagnostic toolsTest platform fabricationTroubleshooting
Nice to have:Emerson DeltaV

Benefits

  • Hourly: $30-$55/hr
  • Flexible time off
  • Equity
  • Bonuses
  • Competitive pay
  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance (with employer contribution)
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • Flexible work hours
  • Wellness credits
Last updated Sep 18, 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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