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Oklo

Software Engineer

santa clara, CA

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About this opportunity

Oklo lists this Software Engineer opportunity in santa clara, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Overview

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You\'ll leverage your software skills alongside nuclear engineers to model, simulate, design, and deploy advanced fission power technology. You will work at the forefront of the nuclear industry, developing novel techniques to reach new levels of safety, efficiency, and resiliency. Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy.

Position Description:

Oklo is a fast-moving startup where you will be responsible for tackling a wide range of challenges in reactor design and analysis. A nuclear background is not required, but a healthy curiosity and eagerness to learn are essential in this role.

In this role you might:

Transform and optimize the storage of reactor data and physics results

Design and configure CI/CD pipelines to perform multiphysics analyses

Build tools for reactor engineers to visualize, compare, and evaluate reactor designs and their physics

Integrate simulation tools into our analyses pipelines

Implement physics kernels to solve unanswered problems, or to improve performance of existing models

Develop high-level reactor optimization schemes and statistical experiments to inform design changes

Identify and improve process-related inefficiencies in reactor design that can be addressed with software

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor\'s degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent work experience

3+ years of work experience

Fluency in Python

Proficiency in Git

Experience with CI/CD

Bonus Qualifications

Proficiency in Rust

Experience in growing small software organizations

Experience working with large data collection pipelines

Experience with optimization, statistics and design of experiments

Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD

Prior work developing and implementing software quality assurance programs and testing, especially in quality-focused industries

Curiosity and passion for nuclear power, closing the nuclear fuel cycle, and sustainable energy generation

Who you are

Startup-minded: You aren\'t driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don\'t need or expect a lot of guidance but 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.

Motivated: You are self-motivated and bring enthusiasm to the team, with a passion for reaching team goals and a healthy work-life balance.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely values collaboration and shared success.

An excellent communicator: You are technically capable and clear in communication.

Creative: You solve open-ended problems and adapt to changing requirements without micromanagement.

Detail-oriented: You value quality, consistency, and clear communication.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits. We are looking to fill this position immediately!

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo has pursued multiple regulatory and industry milestones in the United States.

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Worksite address

santa clara, CA, 95053, US

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