Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You'll leverage your software skills alongside reactor engineers to model, simulate, design, and deploy advanced fission power technology. You will work at the forefront of the nuclear industry, developing novel techniques to reach new levels of safety, efficiency, and resiliency. Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy.

Position Description:

Oklo is a fast-moving startup where you'll tackle a wide range of challenges in reactor design and analysis. While a nuclear background isn’t required, a healthy curiosity and eagerness to learn are essential. We are seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer  who brings robust experience in SQA and can own and implement practices. In this role, you’ll engineer quality assurance practices while working intimately with the development team.

In this role you might:

• Define and Lead QA practices:

  • Develop and implement comprehensive SQA policies and procedures that align with regulatory standards and team requirements.

  • Serve as a SQA liaison, mentoring team members and bridging the gap between SQA and development teams.

  • Design and implement software test plans.

• Hands-On Development:

  • Contribute directly as a developer, writing and reviewing code to ensure the highest quality standards.

  • Collaborate with the Software Engineering Group and other engineering teams to integrate QA processes into the software lifecycle.

• Team Development Activities:

  • Transform and optimize the storage and analysis of reactor data and physics results.

  • Design and configure CI/CD pipelines for multiphysics analyses.

  • Build and refine tools that empower reactor engineers to visualize, compare, and evaluate reactor designs.

  • Integrate simulation tools into our analytical pipelines.

  • Implement or enhance physics kernels to solve complex problems or boost performance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics, or equivalent software engineering experience.

• Fluency in Python and a solid background in software development.

• Proficiency in Git and experience with CI/CD.

• 5+ years of professional experience.

• Experience with all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Proven track record in developing and implementing software quality assurance programs and testing, particularly in quality-focused industries.

• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally as both a QA leader and a hands-on developer.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Prior experience navigating quality assurance standards and frameworks (e.g., NQA-1, NIST, DO-178C, ISO 26262).

• Proficiency in Rust.

• Experience with Typescript/Javascript (especially Svelte).

• Background in growing small software organizations.

• Experience working with large data collection pipelines.

• Familiarity with optimization, statistics, and design of experiments.

• Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD.

• Curiosity and passion for nuclear power, closing the nuclear fuel cycle, and sustainable energy generation.

Who you are:

A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process.  You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.  If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us!  There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated: You are self-motivated.  You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance!  It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others.  We do incredible things because we work as a team.

An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.

Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Even excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

About Oklo compensation: $80,000-$155,000

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

We are looking to fill this position immediately!

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is a fast fission clean power technology and nuclear fuel recycling company developing fast fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. Oklo received a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, submitted the first advanced fission custom combined license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.