Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in product management, engineering, systems engineering, technical program management, or a similar role developing complex technical products.
- Specific experience with nuclear reactor technology in areas such as design, safety, licensing, construction, or operations.
- An engineering degree or equivalent experience working directly with engineered systems and technical development teams.
- Demonstrated experience translating customer, business, or operational needs into product requirements and development priorities. guiding technical work from early-stage concepts toward validated, deployable solutions.
- Ability to understand complex technical information and make informed tradeoffs involving performance, cost, schedule, risk, and customer value. coordinating work and decisions across multiple technical and non-technical functions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments. as a practicing engineer or technical lead. with product development in regulated industries such as nuclear energy, aerospace, medical devices, or advanced manufacturing. developing business cases, product roadmaps, technical requirements, or deployment strategies. working with customers, commercial partners, vendors, or government stakeholders.
- Familiarity with isotope production, nuclear fuel, advanced manufacturing, or related technologies. in a startup or rapidly scaling organization.
About this role
Oklo’s Product Managers are responsible for identifying, defining, developing, and deploying new products that advance the company’s mission. These products may involve new applications of Oklo’s technology, capabilities incorporated into future deployments, or offerings that create additional value for customers and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Identifying and evaluating opportunities for products, capabilities, and applications of Oklo nuclear reactor technology.
- Developing clear product visions, value propositions, business cases, and deployment strategies.
- Working with customers, partners, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into actionable product requirements.
- Partnering closely with engineering teams to define product functionality, technical requirements, interfaces, performance objectives, and acceptance criteria.
- Building and maintaining product roadmaps that connect technical development with commercial opportunities and deployment objectives.
- Guiding reactor technology products from early concept and feasibility assessment through design, development, validation, and deployment.
- Establishing appropriate product development plans, decision points, maturity criteria, and measures of success.
- Leading cross-functional trade studies and decisions involving technical performance, safety, cost, schedule, licensing, manufacturability, operability, and commercial value.
- Ensuring development work is appropriately sized and focused on resolving the most important product risks and uncertainties.
- Coordinating across engineering, licensing, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, finance, and commercial teams to maintain alignment and execution.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience developing hardware, energy systems, industrial equipment, or other complex physical products.
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