Technical Product Manager for Software

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Technical Product Manager to join our engineering team and interface primarily with our Software Team.

Position Description:

Specific responsibilities may include:

The Technical Product Manager for the Software Team is responsible for:

• Interfacing with the engineering team. This includes

  • identifying software development needs in the engineering organization,

  • collecting and screening incoming software development requests,

  • understanding technical aspects of software development work,

  • summarizing on-going software development work for the broader engineering team,

  • ensuring that internal software products are understood and utilized,

  • developing source code on occasion and when necessary to assist in delivery of software development goals, and

  • developing processes to facilitate interactions between the engineering team and (1) internal software products and (2) the Software Team.

• Organization and prioritization of software development work. This includes

  • communicating software development requirements for incoming requests,

  • prioritizing software development efforts by taking into account “quality of life” needs in engineering team, internal development deadlines, and external milestone deadlines,

  • advocating for additional resources to meet milestone deadlines,

  • aligning Software Team development goals with reactor product design goals,

  • owning the Software Team backlog and clarifying prioritization and timelines, and

  • collaborating with technical leads in the Software Team to track software product development and implementation.

Competencies:

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager that is:

• A hands-on leader with proven experience managing software projects

• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

• Able to influence others and collaborate across various engineering disciplines

• Someone with an extraordinary attention to detail which can be seen in both how they work and their resulting deliverables

• Able to project manage and consistently deliver complex software projects

• Experienced in solving complex problems through software tools and processes

• Passionate about clean energy 

• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality

• Willing and able to learn quickly

• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways 

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment

• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before 

• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems

• An excellent writer who can write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!

Minimum Qualifications:

We also think the following are good indicators of qualifications to do this job:

• BS in engineering from an accredited college or university, experience may qualify
• Demonstrated coordination skills; ability to earn the trust of team members and management
• Proven team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in Confluence
• Proficiency in Jira Software

Bonus Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of direct experience in preparing NRC licensing submittals related to advanced reactor fuels
• Prior government work experience
• Experience in fast reactor technology
• Experience in fuel recycling technology
• Experience in fuel fabrication technology
• Experience in Python

Experience level:

Intermediate (2-5 yrs) or Experienced (5-10 yrs)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline

• Experience with issue tracking software and software project management

Bonus Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

• 3-5 years of experience managing work and delivering on projects for technical teams

• Experience in organizing and directing work for small software organizations

• Experience working with large data collection pipelines

• Experience with optimization, statistics, and design of experiments

• Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD

• Experience with Python

• Experience with Jira

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:

Salary: $90,000-$150,000. Salary may fall outside of the range provided. Actual salary will be dependent on applicant experience.

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 is a California-based company developing clean energy plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy using advanced fission. Oklo is a fast-growing startup with a history of reliable funding and milestones for more than 5 years.  Oklo’s first product is a microgrid scale powerhouse. The powerhouse can produce clean energy for decades without needing to refuel, and also has the capability to turn nuclear waste into clean energy.

Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, demonstrated fabrication of its fuel, was awarded fuel from the Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first accepted advanced fission license application to the regulator.

Oklo has been featured in Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and was featured in the documentary The New Fire, among many other features.