Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- FEA
- Material Analysis
- Nuclear Fuel Performance
- Bison
- Life-metal
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering plus 3 years of experience
- Experience with multi-physics system performance analyses
- Experience with finite element simulation software (e.g., Ansys, Abaqus)
- Experience with material analysis
- Experience with object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, C++)
About this role
Fuel Performance Engineer at Oklo responsible for analyzing and verifying current and future fuel designs for Aurora advanced reactors. You'll conduct multi-physics analyses, develop modeling and simulation tools, and collaborate across reactor design, fuel fabrication, and licensing teams to support advanced reactor fuel qualification.
Responsibilities
- Analyze current and novel fuel design performance across expected operating conditions and postulated off-normal conditions
- Devise analysis methodologies that efficiently build confidence in designs, including software development of modeling and simulation tools
- Perform verification and validation of modeling and simulation tools in support of analyses
- Support experimental fuel campaigns
- Collaborate cross-functionally to provide technical feedback to design teams
- Document work using modern tools and techniques, and write technical reports
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with nuclear fuel performance analysis
- Familiarity with metallic fuels
- Experience with fuel analysis and fuel performance software (e.g., BISON, LIFE-METAL)
- Experience in material selection and material analysis
- Fluency in Python
Location, schedule, and travel
Remote with required travel to Santa Clara, CA headquarters twice quarterly; first two weeks of onboarding must be in-person at headquarters.
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