Director, Hardware Test Engineering

Oklo is looking for an experienced and driven leader to manage and grow our hardware test organization. This role will oversee the 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.

You will work closely with design engineering, safety analysis, and regulatory teams to ensure test data supports licensing and deployment of Oklo's advanced reactors. As Director, you will both help set the vision and dive into the details : building teams, developing infrastructure, and rolling up your sleeves to solve problems.

This position can be fully remote or relocate to our testing sites. Specific responsibilities may include :

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Bonus Qualifications

Who you are : A startup person who is self-motivated, a team-player, an excellent communicator, creative, and detail-oriented.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits. This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy.

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