Senior Structural Mechanical Engineer (Fusion Energy)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States; hybrid workplace

Salary: $110,000–$185,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global Systems develops commercially viable fusion power plants and related fusion energy technologies, including SPARC and ARC.

What you will do

• Serve as a domain expert in structural mechanics across SPARC, ARC, and other research and development projects.
• Conduct and review structural analyses for system designs.
• Solve complex engineering problems, provide recommendations, and offer technical leadership to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Mentor junior staff and mechanical engineers performing structural analysis.
• Support the development and adoption of structural engineering best practices, workflows, and strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional experience performing finite element analysis with multidisciplinary teams in a product development environment.
• Strong knowledge of computational structural mechanics, including nonlinear materials, plasticity, fatigue, solver convergence, and contacts.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, accountability, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Willingness to travel and occasionally work nights, weekends, or on-call shifts.
• Ability to work in a facility with industrial hazards, including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in ANSYS Workbench and SpaceClaim.
• Experience with electromagnetic and thermal finite element analysis.
• Ability to code in Python and APDL.
• Experience pre- and post-processing large computational models.
• Familiarity with structural design and analysis codes and standards such as ASME BPVC.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity and competitive compensation.
• 13 company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, and 10 sick days.
• Generous parental leave.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Professional growth opportunities and team-building activities.