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Senior Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer

3 weeks, 3 days ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Data Scientist
Data Science and Analytics
Python
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Oklo

Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and deploys advanced fission power plants for clean, reliable, and affordable energy, utilizing innovative technology with inherent safety and nuclear waste as fuel.

Electric Utilities
51-250
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Description

  • Develop and conduct high-fidelity CFD analyses of thermal-hydraulic behavior across the reactor core, reactor vessel, heat exchangers, power conversion, and balance of plant systems.
  • Design, model, and analyze thermal-hydraulic systems to support engineering decisions.
  • Develop and apply analysis methods that build confidence in design performance and reliability.
  • Perform engineering analyses spanning thermal, fluid, safety, manufacturability, and cost considerations.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to define design requirements and provide technical feedback to design teams.
  • Document analyses using modern tools and produce clear, thoughtful technical reports.
  • Support rapidly iterating design teams with technical input and analysis results.
  • Work within a highly iterative environment to help refine reactor and system designs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a technical field such as nuclear, mechanical, or aerospace engineering.
  • Proficiency with STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent, OpenFOAM, Nek-5000, or equivalent CFD tools.
  • Strong understanding of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics from first principles.
  • Experience with data processing, including pre-processing, post-processing, and scripting.
  • Experience with thermal-hydraulic engineering principles and multiphysics analysis methods, particularly for power systems (preferred).
  • Experience with nuclear engineering principles and multiphysics analysis methods, particularly for advanced reactors (preferred).
  • Experience analyzing heat exchangers, turbomachinery, or fluid control systems (preferred).
  • Competency with modern software engineering practices and programming languages (preferred).
  • Fluency with Python (preferred).
  • Experience with reactor transient analysis methods (preferred).
  • Experience with systems or reactor safety codes such as GOTHIC, RELAP, TRACE, SAM, or SAS4A/SASSYS-1 (preferred).
  • 5+ years of CFD experience in an industrial setting (preferred).

Benefits

  • Salary range of $100,000 to $190,000, depending on experience.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Equity.
  • Bonuses and performance incentives.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Health insurance.
  • Flexible spending account (FSA).
  • Flexible work hours and other benefits.
  • Remote employees travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA twice per quarter, with the first two weeks of onboarding in person.

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