Software Lifecycle Specialist

3 months, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
DevOps and Infrastructure
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

Description

  • Define and maintain software lifecycle standards, templates, and workflows across GitLab and Jira.
  • Establish traceability between requirements, design artifacts, code, testing, and validation activities.
  • Partner with engineers to improve scoping, backlog hygiene, and milestone alignment.
  • Define change control and configuration management expectations with DevOps and Engineering Infrastructure.
  • Support audit readiness by ensuring lifecycle documentation and records are complete and reproducible.
  • Define lifecycle standards such as Definition of Done expectations and release controls.
  • Build reporting and dashboards to show lifecycle health, risk, and delivery status.
  • Identify gaps in the software lifecycle and improve engineering workflows.
  • Translate compliance requirements into practical engineering workflows.
  • Evaluate and recommend tooling improvements that strengthen lifecycle integrity without unnecessary overhead.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, technical program management, software quality, or systems engineering.
  • Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments.
  • Strong understanding of SDLC concepts including requirements traceability, version control, CI/CD, configuration management, validation, and release control.
  • Experience with Jira or similar issue tracking systems in a structured, milestone-driven environment.
  • Experience documenting processes clearly and unambiguously.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and building structure where none exists.
  • Preferred: experience supporting NQA-1, ISO 9001, NIST, or similar regulatory or compliance frameworks.
  • Preferred: experience with GitLab, especially GitLab CI/CD and repository governance controls.
  • Preferred: experience defining or auditing SDLC frameworks.
  • Preferred: experience building dashboards or lifecycle reporting tools.
  • Preferred: experience supporting engineering organizations with hardware, simulation, or embedded systems.
  • Preferred: familiarity with CAD or PLM lifecycle controls.
  • Preferred: experience writing or maintaining work instructions and formal procedures.
  • Preferred: experience with secure software development lifecycle frameworks such as CSSLP or similar certifications.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $110,000 to $165,000.
  • Competitive pay with equity.
  • Flexible time off.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Health insurance.
  • Flexible work hours.
  • FSA benefits.
  • Remote employees travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA twice per quarter, with the first two weeks of onboarding in person at headquarters.

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