How to apply for Product Manager - Reactors

About Oklo

Oklo is a nuclear technology company focused on fast fission reactors and recycling nuclear waste. The company aims to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy through next-generation reactor deployment. Working here means contributing to advanced nuclear technology with a clear deployment goal.

About the role

This Product Manager role sits in the New Product Introduction team and focuses on nuclear reactor products. You will define new products, set requirements, and guide them from concept through technical development and deployment. The position requires working across engineering, commercial, operations, licensing, manufacturing, and supply chain to turn ideas into deployable products.

A typical day

You might meet with engineering to review requirements, work with licensing or supply chain on constraints, and update product plans with commercial or operations teams. The role involves balancing technical details with product strategy and deployment timelines. Exact daily routines are not specified, so ask about team structure and typical workflows during interviews.

Who Oklo is looking for

• Has strong engineering experience with complex engineered systems, such as nuclear, energy, aerospace, or heavy industrial products.
• Can make tradeoffs among performance, cost, schedule, risk, manufacturability, licensing, and customer value.
• Has worked cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams to define and deploy products.
• Is comfortable owning product strategy and vision, whether from a product management background or as an engineer moving into broader ownership.

Tips for this application

• Highlight any experience with nuclear, energy, or other highly regulated engineered products in your resume and cover letter.
• Name specific examples where you defined product requirements and success criteria for a technical product.
• Show that you understand the tradeoffs in this role by describing decisions you made involving cost, schedule, risk, or manufacturability.
• Mention any exposure to licensing, supply chain, or manufacturing in addition to engineering or product management.
• Address the remote nature of the role and your ability to work across functions in a distributed setting.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your experience translating technical ideas into well-defined, deployable products.', 'Your ability to work with engineering, commercial, operations, licensing, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.', 'A specific example of setting product vision and requirements for a complex engineered system.', "Why you want to work on nuclear reactor products and Oklo's mission to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy."]

Research before applying

• Oklo's fast fission technology and its approach to recycling nuclear waste.
• Oklo's current and planned reactor deployments and the New Product Introduction team's role.
• The nuclear regulatory and licensing environment for advanced reactors in the US.
• Oklo's public statements about its mission, products, and target customers.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you would define a new reactor product from concept to deployment.
• A time you made a tradeoff among performance, cost, schedule, risk, manufacturability, licensing, and customer value.
• How you work with engineering teams to understand complex engineered systems.
• Your approach to identifying customer and business needs for a new product.
• How you would guide a product through technical development and deployment across multiple functions.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without showing any experience with complex engineered systems or technical products.
• Focusing only on software product management when the role is about nuclear reactor products.
• Ignoring the cross-functional nature of the role and only highlighting engineering or only commercial experience.