Fuel Fabrication Criticality Analysis & Nuclear Safety Engineer

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Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Criticality Analysis & Nuclear Safety Engineer to join our engineering team.

Position Description

As a Criticality Analysis & Nuclear Safety Engineer on Oklo's Fuel Fabrication team, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining the nuclear criticality safety basis and nuclear safety analyses supporting the design, licensing, construction, commissioning, and operation of advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facilities. You'll perform computational analyses, establish engineered and administrative controls for fissile material operations, and work closely with process, mechanical, operations, licensing, and quality teams to ensure facility designs meet rigorous nuclear safety requirements.

This is a highly cross-functional role where technical excellence and a collaborative mindset are equally valued.

Specific responsibilities may include:

Develop Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs) and supporting calculations.

Perform criticality analyses using MCNP, SCALE, SERPENT, or equivalent software.

Develop nuclear safety analyses including hazard evaluations and accident analyses.

Establish fissile material limits, mass limits, geometry controls, moderation controls, and administrative controls.

Support facility design reviews to ensure criticality-safe equipment layouts and process designs.

Work with process engineers developing HALEU, plutonium, and uranium metal processes. …

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