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Facility Compliance Lead

Oklo· Regulatory
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Hybrid (Santa Clara, CA), Remote$120k - $180kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

The Facility Compliance Lead is responsible for establishing and maintaining the infrastructure, programs, and processes necessary to demonstrate compliance across DOE and NRC regulated facilities. This role works cross-functionally to translate regulatory commitments into executable programs and verifiable compliance artifacts, enabling safe, compliant, and scalable deployment of advanced nuclear facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement the compliance infrastructure needed to support DOE and NRC licensed facilities, including programmatic frameworks, procedures, and reporting systems
  • Stand up and mature administrative and operational programs (e.g., configuration management, corrective action, records management, reporting, and quality assurance interfaces)
  • Translate regulatory requirements, license conditions, and commitments into actionable facility-level programs and processes
  • Establish processes and tools to ensure compliance can be consistently demonstrated through documentation, metrics, and auditable records
  • Lead development of compliance reporting strategies, including routine, event-based, and regulatory-required reporting
  • Coordinate across engineering, operations, and licensing teams to ensure design and operational activities align with regulatory and programmatic requirements
  • Develop and maintain compliance matrices, commitment tracking systems, and program health indicators
  • Support internal and external audits, inspections, and assessments, including preparation, response, and corrective action tracking
  • Interface with regulators (DOE and NRC) on programmatic and compliance-related topics, including inspections and requests for information
  • Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement in compliance programs and drive resolution
  • Support development of scalable compliance approaches aligned with advanced reactor deployment strategies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated experience with DOE and/or NRC regulatory frameworks (e.g., 10 CFR 50, 52, 70, 830, DOE Orders)
  • Experience developing, implementing, or overseeing administrative or operational programs in a nuclear or highly regulated environment
  • Experience supporting or leading audits, inspections, or regulatory interactions
  • Strong understanding of compliance documentation, records, and reporting expectations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Skills

Required:DOE/NRC regulatory frameworksCompliance program developmentRegulatory audits/inspectionsDocumentation & records managementRegulatory communication

Benefits

  • flexible time off
  • equity
  • bonuses
  • competitive pay
  • 401(k)
  • health insurance (with employer contribution)
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • flexible work hours
  • wellness credits
  • 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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