Software Engineer

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. 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.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

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

Nice to have

Proficiency in Rust; Proficiency in Typescript/Javascript (especially Svelte); 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; Startup person; Motivated; Team-player; Excellent communicator; Creative; Detail-oriented

Benefits

Flexible time off; Equity; Competitive pay; 401k; Health insurance; FSA; Flexible work hours; Other benefits