Mechanical Design Intern (Nuclear Energy)

Location: On-site five days per week at the Torrance headquarters in the Los Angeles area, United States; remote and hybrid arrangements are not available. A relocation and housing stipend is included.

Salary: $34 per hour

Company

hirify.global develops mass-producible, inherently safe fission microreactors for critical missions on Earth, underwater, and in space.

What you will do

• Support the design, analysis, development, and testing of mechanical components for Mark-1 and JANUS-1.
• Own a defined component or project scope under the guidance of a Responsible Engineer.
• Create engineering designs, analyses, drawings, test plans, and technical documentation.
• Participate in design reviews and communicate technical decisions, assumptions, risks, and results.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve technical challenges and improve performance, reliability, manufacturability, and testability.
• Complete a long-duration engineering project and present the results and recommendations to the broader team.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
• Entering the junior or senior year of study.
• Previous internship experience or more than one year of significant experience through a project team, laboratory, or research program.
• Must work on-site five days per week at the Torrance facility.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. export regulations.

Nice to have

• GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• Experience with a university engineering club, competition team, research group, or technical organization.
• Experience with mechanical CAD, engineering drawings, analysis, prototyping, or hardware testing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, written, and technical communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work on fission microreactors from the first day of the internship.
• Collaboration with engineers, operators, manufacturing specialists, and other technical experts.
• Relocation and housing stipend included in the offer package.
• Two internship cohorts accommodate semester and quarter academic schedules.
• Values include systems thinking, end-user focus, challenging convention, in-person teamwork, and operating effectively amid uncertainty.

Hiring process

• Interns begin with focused starter assignments before transitioning to a longer-duration project.
• The internship concludes with a technical deliverable and presentation to the broader team.