Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- DCS
- PLC
- HMI
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- Process Hazard Analysis
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar field
- 10+ years of experience in process controls engineering or related field
About this role
Senior Process Controls Engineer for Oklo's advanced nuclear fuel recycling facility. Design, implement, and monitor DCS/PLC systems and instrumentation for fuel recycling processes including off-gas separation and waste immobilization. Develop control philosophies, regulatory documentation, and system architectures in a startup environment focused on closing the nuclear fuel cycle.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, troubleshoot, scale, and monitor process control systems for fuel recycling facility subsystems including off-gas separation and waste immobilization
- Develop systems meeting facility and regulatory requirements
- Develop and document overall control philosophy, defining key control variables, setpoints, and operational rationale
- Prepare and review control system documentation including instrument loop drawings, logic drawings, cause-and-effect matrices, and interlock schemes
- Define and manage control and alarm strategies with priorities, setpoints, and functional descriptions
- Design and specify control system architecture for DCS, PLC, and HMI applications covering hardware, software, and network requirements
- Generate technical documentation for regulatory filings
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on facility design, unit process equipment design, and licensing
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with nuclear fuel cycle and/or high-temperature/corrosion facilities and operations
- Experience with control narratives/philosophies, piping and instrumentation diagrams, interlock lists, instrument specifications, and setpoints
- Experience designing, managing, commissioning, and operating DCS, PLC, alarm, safety, and HMI systems
- Experience leading or serving as subject matter expert in process hazard analysis studies
- Experience deploying or working on first-of-a-kind or pilot plants
- Commercial or governmental nuclear industry experience
Location, schedule, and travel
Remote with required travel to Santa Clara, CA headquarters twice quarterly; first two weeks of onboarding in-person at headquarters.
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