Recycling Operations Engineer Lead
Oklo·Santa Clara, CA or Remote·Remote·Posted 16 September 2026
About the role
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Operations Engineering Lead to join our engineering team. Position Description The Operations Engineering Lead is responsible for establishing the operating model and operations engineering basis for Oklo’s nuclear fuel recycling facility. This person will represent facility operations throughout design, construction, commissioning, startup, and ramp-up to ensure the facility is safe, secure, operable, maintainable, testable, and capable of meeting its performance objectives. The Operations Engineering Lead will translate operational, safety, security, safeguards, material control and accountability, and regulatory needs into traceable design requirements, operating philosophies, system boundaries, operating sequences, preliminary operating limits, procedures, training programs, and readiness criteria. This role will work closely with Process Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Systems Engineering, Safety, Licensing, Regulatory, Security, Safeguards, Material Control and Accountability, Quality, Maintenance, Construction, and Project Management to integrate these needs into the facility design. The ideal candidate…
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