Process Engineer - Fuel Recycling

Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. They are seeking a Process Engineer to conduct design, development, prototyping, and validation work on key chemical separation subsystems for their fuel recycling facility.

Responsibilities:

• Developing systems that meet facility and regulatory requirements
• Defining system and unit process requirements and validation methodologies
• Establishing performance criteria, test protocols, and prototyping equipment
• Developing technical parameters and deploying and operating test systems to use in refining system design and operation
• Completing equipment sizing and specifications and developing instrument process data specifications
• Developing process flow sheets and heat and material balances using process simulation tools
• Developing and maintaining process and instrumentation diagrams
• Generating documentation to guide the fabrication, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of subsystems
• Serving as a technical lead through multiple lifecycle stages
• Generating technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings

Requirements:

• Degree in chemical engineering or related field
• 7+ years of experience in chemical engineering or related field
• Experience using AspenTech, ChemCAD, Promax, automation, Excel, Python, etc., for process and equipment design, reliability studies, and economic analysis
• Experience deploying or working on pilot plants and scaling from demonstration to industrial scale at brown/green field sites
• Commercial or government nuclear industry experiences