Staff Materials Engineer - Metallurgical Engineering (Fusion)

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops fusion power systems, including the SPARC net-energy tokamak and the future ARC fusion power plant.

What you will do

• Translate component and system requirements and failure modes into measurable material property requirements and suitable test methods.
• Select materials and manufacturing processes for scalable, cost-conscious production of structures and systems operating under demanding conditions.
• Interpret international materials standards and author specifications for fusion-specific applications.
• Lead materials development projects when commercially available materials do not meet application requirements.
• Collaborate with design, supply chain, manufacturing, vendors, and suppliers to qualify materials and processing methods.
• Support production root cause analyses, corrective actions, and engineering use of materials property data.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with postgraduate experience in metallurgy, materials science, or a related field; a bachelor’s degree may be considered based on experience and qualifications.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in R&D and production environments.
• Experience with large-scale metal production processes such as casting, forging, rolling, or drawing, and/or large-scale joining processes.
• Strong understanding of process–structure–properties–performance relationships and experience scaling alloy development from R&D to full-scale products.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering, scientific, technical, vendor, and supplier teams.
• Ability to work on-site in Devens, Massachusetts, comply with U.S. export control laws, and occasionally work nights, weekends, or on-call shifts; travel is less than 10%.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of materials behavior in cryogenic and high-temperature applications and in nuclear or plasma environments.
• Experience delivering new alloys or materials processes from design through at-scale implementation.
• Experience authoring materials standards and specifications.
• Experience communicating materials development results and performance metrics to technical and executive leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-focused work environment involving industrial hazards such as heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, and cryogenics.
• Competitive compensation with equity.
• Company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, sick days, and parental leave.
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and a 401(k) with employer matching.
• Professional growth opportunities and team-building activities.