Hot Cell Design Engineer

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August 8

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $80k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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Oklo Inc

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Energy • Technology

Oklo Inc. is an energy technology company focused on designing and deploying advanced fission power plants. Their innovative approach utilizes nuclear fission reactions, similar to those in existing nuclear power plants, but optimized to enhance safety and efficiency. Oklo's technology can use nuclear waste as fuel, offering a clean, reliable, and affordable energy solution. The company's mission is to leverage nuclear fission to provide sustainable energy while addressing energy waste issues.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

⚡ Energy

💰 Venture Round on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Help shape a highly specialized, remotely-operable hot cell environment that enables safe, efficient processing of used nuclear fuel (UNF) • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, nuclear, chemical, and controls engineers to integrate critical systems such as shielding, containment, and remote operations into an industrial-scale recycling facility • Lead or support the mechanical and systems design of radiological hot cells used in UNF recycling, including shielding, ventilation, confinement, and remote handling systems • Define equipment and material layouts, including material transfer pathways and maintenance access strategies • Work with radiation modeling and safety analysis specialists to develop shielding requirements and establish design constraints • Integrate robotic and remote handling technologies (e.g., manipulators, cameras, cranes, etc.) into cell design • Contribute to the structural evaluation of confinement systems, ensuring compliance with fire protection, external hazard, and natural phenomena hazard requirements • Collaborate with structural, HVAC, instrumentation, and process engineers to ensure seamless integration across all hot cell systems • Participate in Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA), hazard analyses, and radiological safety assessments • Contribute to design reviews, procurement specifications, and installation and commissioning plans • Support prototyping, testing, and commissioning of hot cell subsystems

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related discipline • 5+ years of experience in radiological facility design, glovebox or hot cell engineering, or radiological material handling • Strong working knowledge of remote handling systems, robotics, or manipulator technologies • Understanding of radiation shielding principles, criticality safety, and radiological protection standards • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Demonstrated ability to collaborate on cross-functional teams and integrate feedback from engineering, licensing, and safety • Strong systems engineering intuition and problem-solving capabilities • U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status (due to export control requirements)

🏖️ Benefits

• flexible time off • equity • competitive pay • 401k • health insurance • FSA • flexible work hours • other benefits