Regulatory Engineer

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

Position Description

The Regulatory Engineer is responsible for both navigating the regulatory framework for licensing advanced fission technologies, as well as participating in the engineering design of those same technologies. From a regulatory and licensing perspective, the Regulatory Engineer is expected to have demonstrated an in-depth knowledge of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements for advanced reactor licensing, with an appreciation for the Oklo philosophy to approaching complex regulatory challenges. From an engineering perspective, the Regulatory Engineer is expected to contribute to the design analysis of Oklo advanced reactor technologies. Specific areas of design work will be determined by experience, background, and interest.

Specific responsibilities may include:

Responsibilities will differ depending on your background.

Prepare, review, and maintain licensing documentation (e.g. Final Safety Analysis Report)

Plan, organize, and perform complex assignments in a team environment

Perform regulatory research on regulatory requirements, precedent, and guidance

Develop approaches to addressing regulations and guidance

Support or manage interactions on a variety of internal and external regulatory activities

Interface with technical engineering, including reviewing technical material

Perform design engineering work: provide technical feedback on topics of regulatory interest to quick-iterating design teams; document work using modern tools and techniques; and develop well-written, thoughtful, technical reports

Support or lead resolution of key strategic licensing issue

Competencies

We are looking for a Regulatory Engineer that is:

Passionate about clean energy

Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

Willing and able to learn quickly

Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us

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

Eager to understand the complex regulatory framework for advanced reactor licensing

Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical and regulatory licensing challenges