Project Manager I, Implementations
NextGen Healthcare
Senior Manager, Test Engineering
Oklo Inc
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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Senior
About the role
- Oklo is looking for an experienced and driven leader to manage and grow our test engineering function.
- Oversee planning, execution, and continuous improvement of test programs across Oklo’s engineering portfolio, including prototypic thermal-hydraulic facilities, sodium test systems, and component qualification testing.
- Work closely with design engineering, safety analysis, and regulatory teams to ensure test data supports licensing and deployment of Oklo’s advanced reactors.
- Build teams, develop infrastructure, and roll up sleeves to solve problems.
- Own the roadmap for Oklo’s hardware test infrastructure.
- Develop and maintain a structured approach for test planning, execution, and reporting that meets technical, regulatory, and safety requirements.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams of engineers and technicians to execute tests on time and within budget.
- Collaborate with design engineers to define test objectives, test acceptance criteria, and instrumentation strategies.
- Lead procurement and integration of major test equipment and facilities.
- Ensure data quality, traceability, and configuration control for all test results, with links to requirements and V&V artifacts.
- Build strong interfaces with safety, licensing, and regulatory teams to ensure test programs provide defensible results.
- Mentor and grow a high-performing test engineering team, fostering a culture of rigor, creativity, and accountability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, nuclear, electrical, or related engineering discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience in test engineering, with increasing responsibility in leadership or management.
- Experience in developing and executing test programs in highly regulated industries (nuclear, aerospace, defense, or similar).
- Familiarity with instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and facility operations.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering complex test programs.
- Experience with sodium or other alkali metal test systems (bonus).
- Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant engineering field (bonus).
- Prior experience supporting regulatory submittals with test data (bonus).
- Familiarity with Siemens Teamcenter or other PLM/requirements traceability tools (bonus).
- Strong network within the test engineering and facility operations community (bonus).
- Must meet definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws (work authorization requirement).
