<p>Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to join our team in Idaho Falls.</p> <p><strong>Position Description</strong></p> <p>Oklo is transforming the future of energy, and we are looking for an experienced Instrumentation & Controls Technician to support the design, fabrication, commissioning, and operation of test platforms used in advanced nuclear technology development.</p> <p>The ideal candidate has broad, hands-on instrumentation experience and strong familiarity with the Emerson DeltaV distributed control system. Experience working under a nuclear quality assurance program, particularly ASME NQA-1, is preferred.</p> <p><strong>Specific responsibilities may include:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Instrumentation Installation and Integration:</strong> Install, terminate, configure, and verify sensors, transmitters, control valves, analyzers, data-acquisition equipment, and associated electrical and pneumatic systems.</li> <li><strong>Control System Support:</strong> Configure, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, data-acquisition systems, human-machine interfaces, and test control hardware. Support development and modification of Emerson DeltaV configurations, graphics, alarms, and control strategies.</li> <li><strong>Test Platform Fabrication:</strong> Support the fabrication and assembly of test platforms, including instrument panels, control cabinets, junction boxes, cable trays, conduit, tubing, wiring, and pneumatic systems.</li> <li><strong>Test Operations:</strong> Support test readiness reviews, equipment startup, test execution, shutdown, and post-test activities. Monitor instrumentation and control-system performance during testing and respond to abnormal or unexpected conditions.</li> <li><strong>Troubleshooting and Maintenance:</strong> Diagnose and correct instrumentation, electrical, communications, controls, and data-acquisition issues. Perform preventive maintenance and recommend improvements that increase reliability, maintainability, and test efficiency.</li> <li><strong>Procurement and Equipment Selection:</strong> Assist with the selection and procurement of instrumentation, controls equipment, calibration tools, electrical components, and test-platform materials. Coordinate with suppliers and verify that procured equipment meets technical and quality requirements.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship, military technical training, or equivalent practical experience in instrumentation, controls, electronics, electrical technology, industrial automation, or a related field.</li> <li>At least 3 years of hands-on experience with industrial instrumentation, control systems, test systems, process facilities, or similar equipment.</li> <li>Experience installing, calibrating, commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting industrial instrumentation.</li> <li>Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, instrument data sheets, and equipment manuals.</li> <li>Familiarity with common industrial signals and protocols, including 4–20 mA, discrete I/O, HART, and Ethernet-based communications.</li> <li>Experience using calibration and diagnostic equipment such as digital multimeters, process calibrators, pressure calibrators, loop simulators, communicators, and electrical test equipment.</li> <li>Ability to lift, move, and position equipment weighing up to 30 pounds.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong familiarity with the Emerson DeltaV distributed control system, including system operation, hardware, I/O, configuration, graphics, alarms, control modules, and troubleshooting.</li> <li>Experience supporting thermal-hydraulic, mechanical, chemical, high-temperature, high-pressure, or liquid-metal test systems.</li> <li>Experience working in nuclear, aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical, chemical processing, power generation, or another highly regulated industry.</li> <li>Familiarity with ASME NQA-1 requirements, particularly requirements related to test control, calibration, procurement, document control, and configuration management.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Competencies</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Instrumentation Expertise:</strong> Broad knowledge of industrial measurement technologies, including temperature, pressure, flow, level, position, force, strain, vibration, and other process or test measurements.</li> <li><strong>Controls Knowledge:</strong> Practical experience with distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, data-acquisition systems, control loops, alarm systems, and industrial communication networks.</li> <li><strong>Adaptability:</strong> Comfortable working in a fast-paced development environment where priorities, equipment configurations, and test requirements may evolve.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who you are:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A startup person</span>: 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 lik