Technician (Fusion)

Location: Munich, Germany; on-site

Company

hirify.global is developing hardware and infrastructure for commercial stellarator fusion power plants, including the Alpha and Stellaris machines.

What you will do

• Run acceptance and characterization tests on high-temperature superconducting tape, cables, assemblies, and completed coils.
• Prepare test articles by cutting, soldering, terminating, mounting, and installing sensors, voltage taps, feedthroughs, and measurement wiring.
• Operate dimensional inspection equipment, electrical instruments, high-current supplies, liquid-nitrogen baths, cryostats, cryocooler rigs, and vacuum systems after authorization.
• Perform critical-current, n-value, joint-resistance, insulation-resistance, high-voltage insulation, visual, and dimensional tests.
• Maintain test traceability, review data quality, document deviations, and compare results with acceptance criteria.
• Troubleshoot test setups and instrumentation, maintain test rigs, support failure investigations, and commission new fixtures with engineering teams.

Requirements

• Technical apprenticeship or qualification in electronics, mechatronics, laboratory work, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on testing, laboratory, or measurement experience in an industrial, research, or engineering environment.
• Practical electrical measurement skills and the ability to read engineering drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Experience with data-acquisition systems, basic data reduction, accurate record-keeping, safety, configuration control, and traceability.
• Working English is required for procedures, recording results, and technical discussions.
• On-site work in Munich is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with superconductors, high- or low-temperature systems, cables, magnets, critical-current measurements, or quench detection.
• Experience with cryogenic testing, liquid nitrogen or helium, cryocoolers, vacuum systems, or specialist low-level instrumentation.
• CAD literacy and experience with Python or LabVIEW for test automation, data handling, and plotting.
• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on complex engineering challenges related to safe, clean fusion energy.
• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and design teams.
• Join a growing organization working on first-of-a-kind hardware and advanced stellarator technology.
• Be part of a diverse, mission-driven environment focused on rigorous execution and different perspectives.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview lasting 30–60 minutes.
• Technical screening lasting 30 minutes, followed by a technical panel with three 60-minute interviews.
• CEO call lasting 30 minutes.