Technical Product Engineer

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! As part of the Systems Enablement team, you will help evaluate, onboard, integrate, and manage the engineering tools and platforms that enable teams across Oklo to design, simulate, and deliver advanced fission power technology. You will work at the forefront of the nuclear industry, helping ensure our internal tool ecosystem is scalable, connected, and aligned to the needs of a rapidly growing engineering organization. This role will be focused on leading the intake, evaluation, onboarding, and lifecycle coordination of engineering software platforms and vendor-delivered systems. Oklo is a fast-moving startup, and we are scaling the structure around how tools are introduced and maintained without losing speed.

Responsibilities

Lead intake and evaluation efforts for new engineering tools, platforms, and vendor solutions; Gather requirements from internal stakeholders and translate them into clear evaluation criteria, implementation plans, and delivery expectations; Conduct technical research, facilitate demos, compare solutions, and document tradeoffs and recommendations; Serve as a primary coordination point with vendors during onboarding, implementation, and follow-on phases of work; Drive timelines, action tracking, meeting follow-ups, and cross-functional communication across multiple concurrent tool initiatives; Partner with Engineering Infrastructure, IT, and internal customers to ensure new systems are integrated into existing workflows and technical environments; Identify interoperability gaps between existing and proposed tools, including APIs, data flows, permissions, and workflow dependencies; Track implementation progress, surface blockers, and help coordinate internal resources needed for successful rollout and user acceptance; Maintain continuity across the tool lifecycle, including additional phases of work, support engagements, upgrades, and eventual decommissioning or replacement; Build and maintain clear status reporting for stakeholders on active tool onboarding efforts, vendor deliverables, and lifecycle health; Help define repeatable onboarding and platformization practices that improve consistency as the portfolio of tools grows

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent industry experience; 5+ years of experience in technical product management, solutions engineering, systems engineering, technical program delivery, engineering operations, or a similar cross-functional technical role; Experience working directly with software vendors, implementation partners, or third-party technical platforms; Strong technical understanding of software systems, integrations, APIs, permissions models, and enterprise tooling environments; Experience coordinating complex multi-stakeholder technical efforts across internal teams and external partners; Experience translating ambiguous business or engineering needs into structured plans, requirements, and next steps; Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, vendors, and leadership; Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and building structure where none exists; A startup person; Motivated; A team-player; An excellent communicator; Creative; Detail-oriented

Nice to have

Experience supporting onboarding or lifecycle management of engineering, simulation, CAD, PLM, or other technical business systems; Experience with GitLab, Jira, Confluence, or related engineering workflow and project tracking systems; Experience working in regulated, compliance-driven, or high-rigor engineering environments; Experience coordinating user acceptance testing, rollout planning, or change enablement for technical systems; Experience identifying or implementing integrations across SaaS platforms, internal tooling, or vendor-hosted systems; Experience supporting internal platform strategy, systems rationalization, or portfolio-level tool governance; Experience building status dashboards, implementation trackers, or structured reporting for technical programs

Benefits

flexible time off; equity; competitive pay; 401k; health insurance; FSA; flexible work hours