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# Senior Counsel, Real Estate at Oklo

- **Company:** Oklo
- **Location:** Santa Clara CA, OR
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oklo/jobs/6206119004

## Job description

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Senior Counsel, Real Estate to join our Legal team.

Position Description

We are looking for a Senior Counsel, Real Estate  to lead real estate legal matters across Oklo. Primarily, this person will lead real estate acquisitions, dispositions, leases, options, easements, access arrangements, and other site-control transactions; oversee title and ALTA/NSPS survey review and related curative work; and manage local real estate outside counsel across the Oklo's projects and facilities. You will also help provide practical real estate advice to the Oklo's project deployment, business development, finance, and operations teams and support related project agreements and diligence needs as they arise. Additionally, working on a lean team in a high-growth environment, you will have an opportunity to do other corporate, transactional, and other legal work to support the Oklo's constantly evolving needs. This role, which reports to our Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, is perfect for a junior-to-mid-level real estate attorney who is comfortable independently leading fast-paced real estate transactions, and who is looking to stretch themselves, learn, and roll up their sleeves and lean in wherever needed in a highly dynamic environment.

We are looking for a lawyer with deep real estate transactional expertise who is also comfortable addressing novel issues and operating outside traditional real estate workflows when needed. We are growing fast, and every day presents new opportunities and challenging legal questions—we care more about your judgment, agility, and ability to learn and grow than your specific substantive experience. If you are someone who thrives in exciting and fast-moving environments, and are eager to grow and push yourself, this role may be for you.

This is a remote US-based role, but you must be able to travel to our HQ twice per quarter. This role will also likely need to travel occasionally to our project sites, which include locations in Idaho, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas.

Specific responsibilities may include:

- Lead the drafting, review, negotiation, and execution of real estate transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, options, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, access agreements, and other site-control instruments
- Oversee title and survey diligence, including reviewing title commitments, exception documents, pro forma and final title policies, and ALTA/NSPS land title surveys
- Drive real estate transactions from letter of intent through closing and post-closing, including diligence, deliverables, consents, recordable instruments, and ongoing obligations (i.e., drive deals forward!)
- Coordinate legal diligence relating to zoning, land use, entitlements, environmental conditions, site access, utilities, mineral rights, and other matters affecting the development and operation of project sites
- Manage outside counsel across projects, including matter scoping, staffing, budgets, timelines, work product, and performance
- Draft, review, and negotiate development agreements, construction agreements, estoppels, subordination and nondisturbance agreements, consents, assignments, and other agreements ancillary to the Company’s real estate projects
- Provide practical legal research and advice across a wide range of business teams
- Help us mature our legal practices and approach, including with respect to real estate diligence, transaction management, title and survey review, outside counsel management, portfolio-level tracking and compliance

Minimum Qualifications:

- A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state
- 3-5 years of real estate transactional experience at a large law firm or in-house legal department
- Experience independently leading complex acquisitions, dispositions, leases, easements, site-control arrangements, and related real estate closings
- Significant hands-on experience reviewing title commitments, exception documents and ALTA/NSPS land title surveys and resolving title and survey issues
- Experience advising cross-functional project teams on real estate diligence, transaction structures, risk allocation and closing requirements
- Experience working at or supporting companies that build things (ideally complicated, heavily regulated things)
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage and prioritize multiple matters simultaneously

Bonus Qualifications:

- Experience working in-house at a high-growth or startup company
- Experience with work supporting complex construction projects
- Experience with joint ventures and/or project finance
- Experience with environmental matters affecting development projects
- Experience with land use, zoning, entitlement, utilities and/or permitting matters affecting development projects
- Nuclear, energy, infrastructure, or other highly regulated industry experience

Competencies

We are looking for a Senior Counsel, Real Estate who is:

- Comfortable supporting a range of legal needs, with a primary focus on complex real estate transactions, site control, title and ALTA/NSPS survey review, project diligence, transaction execution and outside counsel management
- Excited to move real estate deals along and driving urgency among transaction stakeholders
- Effective at triaging and prioritizing across a wide range of tasks and project managing cross-functional tasks to completion
- A systems thinker who is comfortable both building for the long-term and rolling their sleeves up to get things done in the short term
- Substantively agile: someone who enjoys leaning into new areas, and is comfortable learning new things (and learning quickly!)
- Fluent in or able to leverage legal technology or AI tools to work more efficiently
- Willing to think creatively: knowledgeable about how other teams approach legal department needs, but excited to think creatively and critically about the problems they are solving and to try new approaches
- An excellent communicator (including to non-lawyers) focused on solutions and willing to explain the “why” behind legal advice
- Detail-oriented while moving lightning fast
- Passionate about clean energy and making advanced fission a reality
- An optimist at heart
- Resourceful, inquisitive, and willing and able to learn quickly
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment

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. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

About Oklo travel requirements:

Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $200,000-225,000

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance (with employer contribution), HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and other benefits.

This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.

#CHOP: Oklo’s Values Collaboration: We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes. Humility: We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world. We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition. Ownership: We take pride in what we do and how we do it. We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through  to completion. We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy. Pathfinding: We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity. Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.

Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer

Oklo is aware of recent recruitment fraud attempts targeting job seekers. Please be cautious of anyone claiming to represent Oklo who does not contact you from an official Oklo email address.

All legitimate communications from our recruiting team— including application updates, interview requests, and job offers — will come exclusively from an @oklo.com email. Oklo will never ask for sensitive personal information, payments, or account credentials during the hiring process.

If you receive suspicious outreach or have concerns about the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Oklo, please contact us through the official channels listed on our website.

## About Oklo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Oklo is developing next-generation fast fission power plants to produce clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale, starting with the Aurora reactor.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: OKLO) – completed SPAC merger with AltC Acquisition Corp. in May 2024.
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Jacob DeWitte (CEO) and Caroline Cochran

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Advanced nuclear energy / clean energy generation
- **Target Customers**: Utilities, large-scale energy consumers (data centers, industrial facilities), government (DOE, national labs), and communities seeking carbon-free baseload power.
- **Mission**: To deliver clean, reliable, and affordable advanced nuclear power to meet one of the planet’s most urgent challenges – abundant clean energy at a global scale.

## Products & Services
- **Aurora Powerhouse**: A compact fast fission reactor capable of producing up to 75 MWe of electrical power. Features inherent safety (walk-away safe, self-stabilizing), can run on fresh fuel or recycled nuclear waste, and is designed for cost-competitive deployment. Targets operation at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) from late 2027 to early 2028.
- **Advanced Nuclear Fuel Supply**: Oklo is developing fuel fabrication facilities under the DOE’s Fuel Line Pilot Projects to support its own reactors and the broader advanced reactor industry.
- **Critical Radioisotopes (via subsidiary Atomic Alchemy)**: Oklo’s fast reactors can produce life-saving medical and industrial radioisotopes as a co-product of fission.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: As of early 2025, market capitalization approximately ~$1.5–2.0 billion (fluctuating with public markets; latest SEC filings provide exact figures).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised prior to going public exceeded $50 million from private rounds. Post-SPAC, the company raised ~$300+ million from the merger trust and a PIPE. Annual revenue is not yet material (pre-revenue, pre-deployment).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: DOE (Idaho National Laboratory site use permit, Reactor Pilot Program, fuel fabrication projects), AltC Acquisition Corp. (sponsor led by Sam Altman who also joined Oklo’s board), and institutional investors participating in the SPAC PIPE.
- **Growth Signals**: Secured DOE site use permit at INL (2019) and awarded EBR-II fuel for first Aurora core; completed NRC Phase 1 pre-application readiness assessment; selected for two DOE Reactor Pilot Projects; building three fuel-fabrication facilities; targeting first reactor operation 2027–2028. Team has grown significantly, with 52+ open roles as of mid-2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proven Fast Reactor Heritage**: Liquid-metal-cooled, metal-fueled fast reactors have over 400 reactor-years of operating experience worldwide, including the EBR-II which demonstrated inherent safety and waste recycling for 30 years.
- **Waste-as-Fuel Capability**: Aurora can run on recycled nuclear waste (including from EBR-II), solving a major environmental challenge while reducing fuel costs – a capability only fast reactors offer.
- **Inherent Safety**: The reactor is self-stabilizing and self-controlling using passive natural forces, making it walk-away safe without need for active safety systems or backup power.
- **Cost Competitiveness**: Designed to achieve cost-competitive power across all generation technologies through compact design, simplified operations, and fuel flexibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deploy First Reactor**: Primary near-term goal is constructing and operating Aurora-INL at Idaho National Laboratory by late 2027–2028.
- **Licensing and Regulatory Pathway**: Continue NRC pre-application and formal licensing process for advanced reactor design; build regulatory precedent for fast reactors.
- **Fuel Supply Chain**: Establish advanced fuel fabrication capacity via DOE Fuel Line projects to secure fuel supply for Aurora and future customers.
- **Commercial Expansion**: Develop pipeline of additional Aurora deployments across the U.S. for utilities, data centers, and industrial customers seeking 24/7 carbon-free power.
- **Radioisotope Production**: Scale subsidiary Atomic Alchemy’s capability to produce critical medical isotopes as an additional revenue stream.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Directly work on solving one of the world’s most urgent challenges – providing clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale.
- **Top‑5% Employee Satisfaction**: Oklo ranks in the top 5% of companies for employee satisfaction (Lattice Pulse survey).
- **Remote‑Friendly Culture**: Many roles are open to remote work (within the U.S.), with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. Physical presence may be required for certain lab/field roles (Idaho Falls, ID and other sites).
- **Elite Benefits**: Comprehensive financial benefits (including equity ownership), encouraged work-life balance and flexibility, robust health & wellness programs, and long-term financial stability support.
- **Engineering Culture**: World-class team with backgrounds from aerospace, automotive, nuclear power, and tech; emphasis on collaboration, humility, pathfinding, innovation, and ownership. Values-driven environment focuses on doing what’s right for the mission and the team.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Rapidly growing company with 52+ open roles across engineering (mechanical, nuclear, software, hardware, test), fuel recycling, legal, finance, and operations. Opportunity to shape the future of energy.

## Sources
1. [oklo.com - About](https://www.oklo.com/about/default.aspx)
2. [oklo.com - Careers](https://oklo.com/careers/)
3. [oklo.com - Technology](https://oklo.com/technology/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io - Oklo jobs](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oklo)
5. [oklo.com - Home/Overview](https://oklo.com/overview/default.aspx)

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