Materials Engineer
Oklo Inc
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $175,000 per year
About the role
- Own and implement Oklo’s materials selection and governance process, ensuring fast, safe, and standardized decision-making across reactor systems
- Contribute to and help evolve Oklo’s preferred materials database and related tools, ensuring material knowledge is captured, structured, and accessible over time
- Serve as a technical authority for material selection by:
- Developing and communicating recommendations for new material use
- Reviewing deviations from preferred materials and advising on risks and tradeoffs
- Guiding teams toward proven, scalable, and defensible solutions
- Evaluate new materials using structured engineering approaches, including:
- Assessing behavior under relevant operating conditions
- Identifying key degradation mechanisms and associated risks
- Leveraging available data and engineering judgment to inform recommendations
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support design decisions and ensure alignment with engineering, safety, and regulatory considerations
- Support regulatory and licensing efforts by ensuring material selections are technically justified and defensible
- Identify material knowledge gaps and inform testing or analysis needs
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in materials science, nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in materials engineering, with a focus on material selection, evaluation, or qualification
- Demonstrated experience applying engineering judgment to support material selection decisions in complex or high-consequence systems
- Strong understanding of material behavior in demanding environments (e.g., high temperature, corrosive environments, radiation, or similar)
- Familiarity with common material degradation mechanisms (e.g., corrosion, creep, embrittlement, fatigue)
- Experience working cross-functionally to support engineering design decisions
- Ability to clearly communicate technical recommendations, including assumptions, risks, and tradeoffs
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to document technical rationale in a clear and structured manner.
Benefits
- Flexible time off
- Equity
- Competitive pay
- 401k
- Health insurance
- FSA
- Flexible work hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
materials selectionmaterials engineeringmaterial evaluationmaterial qualificationengineering judgmentmaterial behavior assessmentdegradation mechanismscorrosioncreepfatigue
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationtechnical recommendationsrisk assessmenttradeoff analysisdocumentationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingdecision-makingorganizational skills