Electronics Engineer (Fusion)

Location: Zurich, Switzerland; on-site

Company

hirify.global is a European fusion company developing the hardware and infrastructure for commercial stellarator fusion power plants.

What you will do

• Design and develop PCB-based electronic circuits for power converters, including gate drivers, auxiliary power supplies, sensing, signal conditioning, protection, and DC-link balancing circuits.
• Define circuit architectures, select components, perform simulations, and create schematics and PCB designs.
• Explore circuit topologies, component technologies, and integration concepts to improve converter performance, efficiency, reliability, compactness, and functionality.
• Build prototypes and conduct laboratory testing, characterization, verification, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with power electronics, embedded software, mechanical, thermal, and systems engineering disciplines.

Requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience taking PCB designs from concept and simulation through prototyping and production qualification.
• Experience owning electronic system design through multiple rapid iteration cycles.
• Expertise in analog and digital electronics, including sensing, signal conditioning, power supplies, isolation, gate drivers, and optical interface circuits.
• Ability to work on-site in Zurich, Switzerland.

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Experience with automated test equipment or laboratory test automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on hardware and infrastructure for commercial stellarator fusion power plants.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment spanning physics, engineering, software, manufacturing, law, and business.
• Combine advanced simulation with hands-on engineering and rapid hardware iteration.
• Join a diverse team focused on developing clean-energy technology.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview lasting 30–60 minutes.
• Technical screening lasting 30 minutes.
• Technical panel consisting of three 60-minute interviews.