Refueling Supplier Engineer

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

7h•$78,000 - $200,000

About The Position

As a Refueling Supplier Engineer on Oklo’s Refueling Team, you’ll own the design and fabrication oversight of our advanced reactor fuel handling system. Your focus will be on building strong supplier partnerships and ensuring vendors deliver high-quality hardware that meets technical, cost, and schedule requirements. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, and operations, playing a key role in bringing the Aurora plant from design to reality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
3-5 years of relevant technical and/or project management experience with the design and manufacturing of complex structures and integrated systems.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate on cross-functional teams, integrating feedback from analysis, manufacturing, and systems engineering
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and present engineering work
Comfortable working with external manufacturers and engineering consultants for fabrication and analysis support
Experience setting and achieving project goals, utilizing project management tools to support execution of project scope
Experience managing design-build and build to print contracts.
Familiarity with design and fabrication drawings.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing large structural weldments and mechanical joints
Background in designing and engineering components for high-integrity or safety-critical systems (e.g., nuclear, aerospace, defense, or heavy industry)
Proven ability to lead hardware projects through the full development cycle—from concept and design to testing and production
Knowledge of large scale fabrication techniques and transportation/handling of large components
Understanding of thermal-mechanical analysis principles, with experience designing for high-temperature environments
Basic knowledge of nuclear fission and radiation effects on materials and components
Experienced with high tolerance machining techniques.
Working knowledge of manufacturing processes including precision machining.
Experience with metrology and tolerance studies
Familiarity with U.S. design codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Partner with Team Lead, Engineers, and Procurement to develop technical specifications, statements of work and drawing packages detailing the requirements for Refueling Equipment to establish external packages for suppliers and vendors.
Function in a rapidly growing team to support vendor deliverables that align with overall project budget and schedule.
Manage vendor design development to meet plant requirements while in compliance with codes, standards and regulations per the contract.
Perform technical review of design documents and drawings including Process & Instrumentation Diagrams, Technical Specifications, analysis, and calculations.
Work with vendors during manufacturing to execute deviation requests and report non-conformance reports to a high-level of detail with impacts assessed and potential resolutions identified.
Support document preparation (installation procedures, system description documents, design reviews).
Prepare and give presentations and status updates of technical scope and progress.
Foreign and domestic travel to fabricators and support subcontractor’s facilities is required (<50%)