Applied Mechanical Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Remote, with required travel to Idaho Falls, Idaho as needed. US citizenship is required due to government contract and clearance requirements.

Company

hirify.global is a federal contractor supporting clean energy, nuclear, environmental, aerospace, and defense programs.

What you will do

• Support the mechanical design and evaluation of a novel advanced nuclear reactor and associated systems.
• Design high-temperature reactor vessels in accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, including creep and fatigue considerations.
• Design high-temperature gaskets, sealing systems, bolting, and electromechanical devices such as control rod or drum drive mechanisms.
• Develop controlled models, drawings, specifications, design descriptions, requirements, and technical baselines using systems and digital engineering approaches.
• Establish testing, inspection, quality, fabrication, procurement, assembly, and configuration-management requirements.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineers, designers, customers, and analysts on experiments, fabrication, installation, testing, reactor operations, and safety-basis analyses.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency designing mechanical systems in accordance with the ASME B31 series and ASME BPVC.
• Proven experience designing reactor vessels for high-temperature service with creep and fatigue considerations.
• Proven experience designing high-temperature gaskets, sealing systems, and bolting.
• Knowledge of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, models, engineering science, and design production principles.
• US citizenship required.

Nice to have

• Experience with novel or advanced nuclear reactor design in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience with systems engineering, digital engineering tools, requirements tracking, design parameter management, and configuration management.
• Experience with control rod or drum drive mechanisms.
• Experience supporting fabrication, construction, inspection, experiments, testing, reactor operations, or safety-basis analyses.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary engineering environment focused on quality, safety, and innovative solutions.
• Support federal programs for the Department of Energy, NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.
• Remote work is available with travel to Idaho as required.
• Equal-opportunity employment practices apply.