The External Hazards Regulatory Engineer at Oklo Inc. will develop licensing strategies and support engineering work related to external hazards such as seismic events, flooding, and man-made hazards. This role ensures integration of hazard assessments into design-basis evaluations and regulatory compliance with NRC requirements.
What You'll Do
- Define scopes of work, review technical proposals, and review execution of external hazards analyses by both internal engineering teams and external contracting firms.
- Manage progress on external hazards analyses, regulatory submittals, and licensing support.
- Ensure integration of external hazard assessments (e.g., seismic, flooding, and meteorological phenomena) into the overall licensing strategy and design-basis evaluations.
- Identify and assess potential safety challenges posed by external hazards early in project development, and recommend mitigation measures or design modifications.
- Track changes in NRC regulations (e.g., 10 CFR Part 100, Regulatory Guides, NUREGs) and evaluate their impact on external hazards compliance strategy.
- Develop and maintain regulatory strategy documents, white papers, and briefing materials that articulate the approach to addressing external hazard requirements.
- Represent external hazards considerations in cross-functional planning and strategic meetings with internal stakeholders.
- Oversee internal external hazards project management systems.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and licensing teams to incorporate hazard analysis results into probabilistic risk assessments, safety evaluations, and licensing deliverables.
- Review deliverables from constructors relevant to external hazards.
- Coordinate the preparation and review of responses to NRC requests for additional information (RAIs) related to external hazards topics.
- Author, edit, and finalize technical reports, regulatory filings, presentations, and licensing documents using modern documentation tools and best practices for clarity and consistency.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of 3 years of experience performing or evaluating external hazards assessments
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in civil engineering, environmental engineering, nuclear engineering, or similar field
- Technical expertise in external hazards and their impact on facilities
- Able to determine risk-informed analysis, deterministic safety analysis, and hazard modeling
- Familiarity with licensing processes and safety case development
- Ability to interpret regulations and guidance documents and prepare or review regulatory submittals
Nice to Have
- Experience with Nuclear Regulatory Commission or Department of Energy requirements
- Experience with International Building Code
Technical Stack
- 10 CFR Part 100
- Regulatory Guides
- NUREGs
- ASCE
- IBC
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible time off
- Equity
- Competitive pay
- 401k
- Health insurance
- FSA
- Flexible work hours
- Travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually
- Two weeks of onboarding in person at Santa Clara, CA
Compensation: $70,000–$150,000 salary range, equity included.
Work Mode
Hybrid role with flexible work hours. Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA twice per quarter. Two-week onboarding is required in person at Santa Clara, CA.
Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.