Quality Assurance Engineer

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team.

Position Description:

Quality Assurance Engineers at Oklo are responsible for managing Oklo’s NRC-approved Quality Assurance Program. This includes development and management of the overall Quality Assurance Program, which includes compliance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, and the relevant portions of ASME NQA-1. In particular, Quality Assurance Engineers develop and review processes and procedures and conduct audits of internal, supplier, and contractor processes and procedures to ensure that those processes and procedures meet the requirements above as well. Additionally, this position interfaces heavily with engineering and operations and aids in the management and leadership of key licensing deliverables.

Competencies:

We are looking for someone that is:

• Passionate about clean energy
• Knowledgeable about nuclear quality assurance
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
• 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
• Able to clearly communicate technical content in writing
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
• Experience with the Agile software development life cycle and automated software testing methodologies and tooling
• Experience with GitLab and DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to read python

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Experience in quality assurance and quality control.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Commercial nuclear power plant experience
• Experience with NQA-1 or ISO 9001

Who you are:

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. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

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. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

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. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

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.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $85,000-$145,000

Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Oklo is a California-based company developing clean energy plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy using advanced fission. Oklo is a fast-growing startup with a history of reliable funding and milestones for more than 5 years.  Oklo’s first product is a microgrid scale powerhouse. The powerhouse can produce clean energy for decades without needing to refuel, and also has the capability to turn nuclear waste into clean energy.

Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, demonstrated fabrication of its fuel, was awarded fuel from the Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first accepted advanced fission license application to the regulator.

Oklo has been featured in Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and was featured in the documentary The New Fire, among many other features.