CAD/PLM Administrator - SolidWorks

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

9d•$100,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You will work closely with designers, engineers, and engineering infrastructure teams to stand up and support the CAD and PLM systems that enable Oklo’s advanced reactor design and deployment. This role sits at the intersection of design and infrastructure, helping engineers move faster while maintaining clean, reliable, and scalable design data. Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy. Position Description This role is focused on standing up, configuring, and supporting our SolidWorks based CAD environment and associated PLM infrastructure, ensuring designers can be productive quickly while laying the groundwork for scalable, well managed engineering data. You will support a variety of internal “customers” and use tooling, automation, and process to ensure that engineering teams can do their jobs effectively. Oklo is a fast growing engineering organization continuing to mature and scale its CAD and PLM capabilities. You will have the opportunity to help shape how design tools, data management, and engineering workflows operate at Oklo as we standardize and expand these systems to support the company’s long term engineering needs. A nuclear background is not required, but curiosity, adaptability, and a bias toward execution are essential in this role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
A minimum of three years of experience supporting CAD, PDM, or PLM systems in a production environment.
Hands on experience administering SolidWorks or similar mechanical CAD platforms.
Experience with PLM or PDM concepts including revision control, access management, workflows, and lifecycle states.
Comfort working in Windows based enterprise environments, including physical workstations and virtual desktop infrastructure, and coordinating with IT infrastructure teams.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with designers and engineers.
Curiosity and interest in advanced engineering, complex systems, and clean energy technologies.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with SolidWorks PDM Professional and or SolidWorks Manage.
Experience administering ENOVIA, Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar enterprise PLM systems.
Experience standing up CAD or PLM systems from scratch or during a tool transition.
Scripting or automation experience using Python, PowerShell, batch, or APIs.
Familiarity with cloud hosted or on premises CAD and PLM environments, including virtualized desktop solutions.
Experience working in regulated, compliance conscious, or hardware focused engineering organizations.
Experience working as a member of a distributed, remote team.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, and maintain SolidWorks and supporting infrastructure across local Windows workstations, virtual desktop environments, and centralized server backends.
Stand up and administer PLM and PDM systems such as SolidWorks PDM Professional and SolidWorks Manage (or equivalent enterprise PLM tools), including workflows, permissions, item lifecycles, and change states.
Support designers and engineers through onboarding, troubleshooting, and day to day CAD and PLM issues.
Configure and maintain revision control, access control, and data integrity for CAD and engineering artifacts.
Support CAD data migration, system transitions, or coexistence with legacy tools where needed.
Develop lightweight automation, scripts, or utilities to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
Monitor system health and performance across client machines, virtual desktop infrastructure, and backend services, diagnosing and resolving issues as they arise.
Document configurations, workflows, and best practices for both users and administrators.
Collaborate across engineering, IT, QA, and manufacturing teams, balancing competing priorities and driving projects forward independently in the face of ambiguity.