Turbomachinery Engineer

Position Description

Oklo is looking for an experienced Turbomachinery Engineer or rotating equipment engineer to be responsible for the design, procurement, and operation of rotating equipment in Oklo’s power plants.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Define equipment requirements and specifications for commercial off-the-shelf and custom-designed rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, and turbines.
• Identify key performance metrics and develop verification test plans for new equipment
• Work in cross disciplinary teams, including process engineering, instrumentation and control, power generation and distribution teams, and operations to integrate equipment into power plants and test facilities
• Work with external vendors on equipment analysis, design, procurement, and testing to ensure rotating equipment meet plant requirements
• Develop and document operations and maintenance plans for rotating equipment in the power plant
• Generate technical documentation to be included in regulatory filings and internal technical reports
• Become the responsible engineer for the development of a rotating equipment system

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline
• At least 5 years of experience in the design, operations, or maintenance of rotating equipment used in the power generation, petroleum, chemical, or other similar industries
• Broad familiarity with engineering principles, and having strong systems engineering and operations intuition

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with first-of-kind turbomachinery development and testing
• Experience with developing operational plans for rotating equipment in a plant-like setting
• Experience with operating and/or generating design specifications for industrial steam turbines

Competencies

We are looking for a Turbomachinery Engineer that is:

• Experienced with operations and maintenance of rotating equipment, such as centrifugal pumps, gas compressors, and/or steam turbines, in power generation or similar industrial settings
• Experienced with specifying, designing, and procuring rotating equipment for new capital projects
• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• 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
• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

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.