Fire Protection Engineer

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Fire Protection Engineer to join our engineering team. We are looking to fill this position immediately. Fire Protection Engineers at Oklo are responsible for the design and development of the fire protection systems in Oklo's power plants.

Requirements

Engineering education, potentially Fire Protection, Nuclear, Chemical, or Mechanical
Experience performing design of fire protection systems in the nuclear, petroleum, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical industries
Broad familiarity with engineering principles, and having strong systems engineering and operations intuition
Knowledgable in nuclear facility fire protection design and operations under an NRC or DOE license
Experienced with NFPA 804 or NFPA 850
Experience with IBC or IFC standards
A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.
Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out.
A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.
An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.
Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement.
Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

Nice To Haves

Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
Willing and able to learn quickly
Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

Responsibilities

Establish fire protection requirements that inform plant design
Develop Fire Hazard Analyses, Fire Protection Program, First Safe Shutdown Analyses, and other licensing and design documentation
Define equipment architecture, specifications, operational modes, and performance criteria
Lead the design of fire protection equipment
Perform commissioning and testing of fire protection systems
Manage projects with third party fire protection consultants
Document work using modern tools and techniques, and compose well-written, thoughtful technical reports