Fuel Performance Engineer
Core
Fuel performance analyses and verification for current and future fuel designs for Oklo's Aurora powerhouses, including engineering analyses, modeling, simulation, and interfacing with reactor design, fuel fabrication, and licensing teams.
Role type
Fuel Performance Engineer
Builds
Fuel designs and performance models for advanced fission power plants
Domain
Nuclear energy / Advanced fission reactors
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
multi-physics system performance analyses, finite element simulation software, material analysis, object-oriented programming
Preferred skills
nuclear fuel performance analysis, metallic fuels, fuel analysis and fuel performance software, material selection
Technologies
Ansys, Abaqus, Python, C++, BISON, LIFE-METAL
Responsibilities
Analyze current and novel fuel design performance across operating and off-normal conditions; devise analysis methodologies and develop modeling/simulation tools; verify and validate modeling and simulation tools; support experimental fuel campaigns; collaborate cross-functionally to provide technical feedback; document work and write technical reports
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
