How to apply for Facility Compliance Lead

About Oklo

Oklo is developing next-generation fast fission technology and recycling nuclear waste to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy. The company operates in a highly regulated space, so compliance work directly enables deployment of advanced nuclear facilities.

About the role

The Facility Compliance Lead builds and maintains the infrastructure, programs, and processes needed to demonstrate compliance across DOE and NRC regulated facilities. This role connects regulatory commitments to executable programs and verifiable compliance artifacts, working with engineering, operations, licensing, and quality teams.

A typical day

A typical day might involve drafting or revising compliance procedures, meeting with engineering or licensing teams to map regulatory commitments to executable work, and reviewing records or reporting systems for audit readiness. The exact routine depends on program maturity and which facilities you support, so ask about team structure and current priorities during interviews.

Who Oklo is looking for

• Experience developing or maturing compliance programs in a DOE or NRC regulated environment, such as configuration management, corrective action, records management, reporting, or quality assurance.
• Able to translate regulatory requirements and license conditions into procedures, programmatic frameworks, and auditable reporting systems.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, licensing, and quality teams to turn commitments into executable work.
• Self-directed in a remote setting and able to build compliance infrastructure from the ground up as program maturity varies.

Tips for this application

• Name specific DOE or NRC programs, license conditions, or regulatory frameworks you have worked with, since the role centers on those regulators.
• Describe compliance artifacts you have built or maintained, such as procedures, corrective action systems, configuration management records, or reporting packages.
• Show how you have translated a regulatory requirement into an executable program, not just reviewed or audited one.
• Note your experience working remotely with cross-functional teams, because this role is remote (US) and interfaces with several functions.
• Reference Oklo's fast fission and nuclear waste recycling work in your materials to show you understand the regulatory context of the company's technology.

What to cover in your cover letter

Focus on a concrete example of standing up or maturing a compliance program under DOE or NRC oversight. Explain how you turned regulatory requirements or license conditions into procedures, reporting systems, or verifiable artifacts. Describe how you worked with engineering, operations, licensing, or quality teams to make compliance executable. State why you want to build compliance infrastructure for advanced nuclear deployment at Oklo.

Research before applying

• Oklo's fast fission technology and its nuclear waste recycling approach, so you can speak to the regulatory context of the facilities.
• The difference between DOE and NRC regulatory frameworks and how compliance expectations differ between them.
• Oklo's current licensing and deployment status, including any public filings or announcements about facilities.
• The company's public statements on safety, quality, and compliance culture, and what programs it may already have in place.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you have translated DOE or NRC regulatory requirements or license conditions into executable programs and procedures.
• Your experience standing up administrative or operational programs such as configuration management, corrective action, records management, or quality assurance interfaces.
• How you build reporting systems that make compliance clear, efficient, and auditable.
• How you work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, licensing, and quality teams when program maturity varies.
• What you know about Oklo's fast fission technology and nuclear waste recycling, and how that affects compliance work.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Speaking only about auditing or checking compliance rather than building the programs and infrastructure that demonstrate it.
• Being vague about which regulators or regulatory frameworks you have worked with, since the role is specific to DOE and NRC facilities.
• Ignoring the cross-functional nature of the role and focusing only on individual compliance tasks rather than how programs connect engineering, operations, licensing, and quality.