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Fuel Fabrication Project Engineer

Oklo· Fuel Fabrication
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Idaho Falls, ID$100k - $150kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Project Engineer on Oklo’s fuel fabrication team supporting multidisciplinary nuclear design, licensing, procurement, and construction activities across multiple facility deployments with emphasis on regulatory compliance, project scheduling, and procurement of nuclear-grade equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain integrated schedules for nuclear system design, equipment qualification, procurement, and construction activities.
  • Incorporate regulatory milestones, QA/QC steps, readiness reviews, and hold points into project timelines.
  • Track progress across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, safety analysis, licensing).
  • Identify schedule risks, critical-path items, and long-lead nuclear components.
  • Lead recurring project coordination meetings, ensuring alignment between engineering, licensing, procurement, and construction teams.
  • Prepare status reports for internal leadership and regulators (as applicable).
  • Generate procurement documentation for safety-related, ASME-coded, and nuclear-grade equipment.
  • Manage RFQs, vendor communications, and verification of technical and quality requirements (e.g., material certs, CMTRs, FATs, documentation packages).
  • Track lead times, manufacturing progress, inspections, and delivery schedules of critical nuclear components.
  • Work closely with supply chain quality, engineering, and project managers to ensure compliance with nuclear procurement processes.
  • Maintain detailed engineering task lists, design action logs, and configuration-controlled revision tracking.
  • Use workflow tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, etc.) to monitor engineering deliverables, safety analyses, and change requests.
  • Track cross-functional tasks involving design, safety analysis, licensing, quality, and fabrication teams.
  • Drive timely completion of design outputs required for regulatory submittals, procurement packages, or construction milestones.
  • Produce weekly progress reports with status indicators, overdue items, and resource gaps.
  • Support preparation for audits, design reviews, readiness assessments, and regulatory inspections.
  • Present schedule impacts, procurement status, and risk mitigation updates to leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
  • Document project decisions, change impacts, and maintain traceability for regulated engineering activities.
  • Ensure project documentation follows nuclear QA requirements (e.g., NQA-1 or equivalent).
  • Manage design records, procurement documentation, inspection results, and nonconformance follow-up.
  • Assist in developing and improving internal processes related to scheduling, procurement, and engineering workflow.
  • Support risk assessments, cost tracking, and project performance reporting.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
  • Understanding of quality management systems and functioned under at least one licensed system.
  • Experience with project scheduling tools.
  • Strong understanding of technical drawings, engineering deliverables, and procurement packages.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.
  • Solid understanding of mechanical and electrical design principles
  • Working knowledge of material selection (particularly metals), manufacturing methods, and fabrication techniques
  • Proven ability to function in a collaborative team environment on projects through the full development cycle—from concept and design to testing and production
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and present engineering work
  • Comfortable working with external manufacturers and engineering consultants

Skills

Required:Project schedulingRFQ and procurement managementRegulatory compliance and QATechnical documentation

Benefits

  • flexible time off
  • equity
  • bonuses
  • competitive pay
  • 401(k)
  • health insurance (with employer contribution)
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • flexible work hours
  • wellness credits
  • and other benefits
Last updated Sep 25, 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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