Responsible Engineer for Turbomachinery (Nuclear Reactors)

Location: Los Angeles, United States

Salary: $140,000–$220,000 annually, with level-based ranges of $140,000–$185,000 for Senior and $155,000–$220,000 for Staff.

Company

hirify.global is a Series C startup developing mass-producible, inherently safe microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space applications.

What you will do

• Own new and existing turbomachinery hardware from concept through development, qualification, and production.
• Lead the design, analysis, build, and testing of turbomachinery for nuclear reactors.
• Translate system requirements into turbomachinery requirements, interfaces, and verification plans.
• Coordinate aerodynamics, mechanical design, structures, rotordynamics, bearings, thermal analysis, manufacturing, and testing activities.
• Define development and test plans that retire the highest technical risks early.
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing, test, and quality engineers to resolve issues, implement corrective actions, and deliver hardware on schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of full-cycle design engineering experience, including production-intent drawings and models, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up.
• Working knowledge of turbomachinery and high-speed rotating machinery.
• Ability to make tradeoffs involving performance, manufacturability, cost, risk, and schedule.
• Ability to break down complex engineering problems, coordinate and delegate technical work, and drive issues to closure.
• Applicants must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements: U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience designing and owning turbomachinery.
• Experience as a responsible engineer, design owner, technical lead, or equivalent for complex hardware.
• Experience working directly with suppliers and manufacturing teams.
• Proficiency with NX, ANSYS Mechanical, and CFX.

Culture & Benefits

• Significant stock option package in addition to salary.
• Values systems thinking, user focus, unconventional solutions, direct stakeholder engagement, and operating effectively amid uncertainty.
• Deep work can be performed remotely, while the organization emphasizes in-person team collaboration.
• Flexibility is required for hardware milestones, including occasional weekends or extended hours.