Safety Analysis Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer
Oklo
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2023
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Safety Analysis Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer to join our team.
Position Description:Safety analysis verification and validation (V&V) engineers at Oklo are responsible for conducting V&V of software and evaluation models to support the licensing of Oklo's reactors. This position includes designing and executing engineering analyses and clear and thorough documentation of the work. Additionally, this position interfaces heavily with transient analysis methods development and execution, code benchmarking, and other safety analysis disciplines.
Specific responsibilities may include:Responsibilities will differ depending on your background:
- Designing and executing engineering analysis to support V&V of software and evaluation models
- Researching and modeling relevant experiments and tests to support analysis methods V&V
- Conducting scaling analyses of experimental configurations
- Processing experimental results and documenting insights from assessment case execution
- Documenting work using modern tools and techniques, and writing well-written, thoughtful technical reports
- Passionate about clean energy
- Experienced with thermal-hydraulic analysis
- Knowledgeable about fast reactor design and previous fast reactor designs
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- Able to clearly communicate technical content in writing
- Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- Experience in system-level thermal-hydraulic analysis, transient analysis, and nuclear thermal-hydraulic fundamentals
- Experience in nuclear design and licensing
- Experience with SAS4A/SASSYS-1, SAM, GOTHIC, RELAP5, TRACE, MELCOR, or other nuclear system analysis software
- Experience with code qualification frameworks and methodologies, in particular EMDAP (RG 1.203)
- Experience with uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analyses
- Fluency with Python
- Experience with CI/CD computing environments