How to apply for Project Quality Specialist

About Oklo

Oklo is developing next-generation fast fission technology and recycling nuclear waste to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy. The company works on advanced reactor deployment, which is a small and technically demanding field. This role sits at the intersection of nuclear quality requirements and project delivery.

About the role

This Project Quality Specialist supports both quality assurance and quality control for Oklo projects. You will implement the project Quality Assurance Program under ASME NQA-1 and ANSI/ANS-15.8, and also perform hands-on inspections and testing. The role is embedded with project and EPC teams, so you translate requirements into practical controls across engineering, procurement, construction, and turnover.

A typical day

A typical day may include reviewing quality requirements for a project phase, performing or coordinating an inspection, and documenting objective evidence. You would also work with engineering, procurement, or construction teams to resolve quality issues early. The role mixes office work with field verification depending on project needs.

Who Oklo is looking for

• Experience implementing or supporting a Quality Assurance Program under ASME NQA-1 or comparable nuclear quality standards.
• Comfortable performing quality control and inspection work in both office and field environments.
• Able to evaluate objective evidence, document inspections, and resolve quality issues with technical teams early.
• Familiar with engineering, procurement, construction, inspection, testing, commissioning, and turnover work sequences.

Tips for this application

• Name ASME NQA-1 and ANSI/ANS-15.8 explicitly in your resume or cover letter, since the job description cites them as the governing standards.
• Show both QA and QC experience. This role is not purely desk-based; mention inspections, testing, or field verification you have performed.
• Reference specific project phases you have supported: engineering, procurement, supplier activities, construction, inspection, testing, commissioning, or turnover.
• Explain how you have translated a quality requirement into a practical control on a real project, not just audited against a checklist.
• Note your ability to work remotely while coordinating with project and EPC teams, since the role is remote (US) but embedded with project teams.

What to cover in your cover letter

State your direct experience with ASME NQA-1 or ANSI/ANS-15.8 and how you applied it. Describe a specific quality issue you identified early and how you resolved it with a technical team. Explain your hands-on QC and inspection work, including the environments you worked in. Connect your experience to Oklo's work in fast fission and nuclear waste recycling, and why quality discipline matters for that technology.

Research before applying

• Oklo's reactor technology and its approach to recycling nuclear waste.
• The specific requirements of ASME NQA-1 and ANSI/ANS-15.8, and how they apply to project quality programs.
• Oklo's current project pipeline and any public information on EPC partners or deployment sites.
• The regulatory environment for advanced reactors in the US, including the NRC's role.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you have implemented or maintained a Quality Assurance Program under ASME NQA-1.
• A time you performed a quality control inspection and documented objective evidence.
• How you handle a quality issue when a project team disagrees with your finding.
• Your experience supporting supplier quality or procurement activities.
• How you would apply ANSI/ANS-15.8 requirements to a project you have worked on.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Treating this as a generic quality or QA role without referencing nuclear quality standards like ASME NQA-1.
• Emphasizing only office-based audit or documentation experience when the role requires field inspection and testing.
• Ignoring the project and EPC context, such as construction, commissioning, or turnover phases.