Permitting Manager (Nuclear)

Location: Washington, D.C.; 100% onsite at El Segundo headquarters or Washington, D.C.

Salary: $115,000–$168,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a startup developing portable, factory-built nuclear microreactors for hospitals, data centers, remote sites, and military bases.

What you will do

• Own state and local permitting for reactor transportation and deployment from application through approval.
• Prepare and file permit applications using accurate technical and site-specific information.
• Manage contractors and consultants supporting permit applications, site work, and inspections.
• Coordinate with regulatory affairs, engineering, legal, operations, community engagement, and customer permitting teams.
• Track permit requirements and risks across active and prospective deployment sites, escalating delays to leadership.
• Build repeatable permitting processes and playbooks and support site selection with permitting feasibility analysis.

Requirements

• 5+ years managing permitting processes for industrial, energy, infrastructure, or other highly regulated facility projects.
• Experience managing contractors or consultants through permitting or entitlement processes.
• Strong understanding of zoning, siting, environmental review, and construction permitting.
• Ability to define state and local permitting requirements independently in ambiguous, state-by-state environments.
• Clear communication with customers, contractors, consultants, and internal technical teams.
• Willingness to work 100% onsite in El Segundo or Washington, D.C., including extended hours and weekends when necessary.

Nice to have

• Permitting experience for nuclear or other energy-generation assets.
• Experience with military installations or oversize-load transportation across state boundaries.
• Familiarity with NRC licensing and state PUC processes.
• Experience supporting first-of-a-kind or novel infrastructure deployments.

Culture & Benefits

• Substantial incentive stock plan for full-time employees.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, FSA/HSA, commuter, and voluntary insurance benefits.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, with additional paid pregnancy leave for California employees.
• Flexible PTO, a remote workday allocation, catered lunches, and sponsored One Medical memberships.
• Company and team events, in-person collaboration, and an El Segundo headquarters near the Pacific Ocean.