Techno-Economic Analyst (Fusion Energy)

Location: On-site in Devens, Massachusetts, United States. Occasional travel and work during nights, weekends, or on-call periods may be required.

Salary: $107,000–$160,000 per year, plus equity and benefits. The range reflects new-hire salaries across U.S. locations.

Company

hirify.global develops commercially viable fusion power plants and technologies to accelerate the transition to fusion energy.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain techno-economic models for fusion products, including ARC, a planned commercial fusion power plant.
• Evaluate costs, benefits, competitiveness, financial viability, and commercial desirability using sensitivity analysis and probabilistic modeling.
• Track industry comparisons and refine estimates for product and system costs, levelized cost of energy, capital costs, and returns.
• Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Scientific Software, Finance, Procurement, Business Development, and external stakeholders to collect data and validate models.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, briefings, and research results for internal and external audiences.
• Support customer, partner, sponsor, investor, project-scoping, and technology-opportunity evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering technology, business, finance, economics, mathematics, physics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience and professional knowledge of energy systems.
• Experience with quantitative analysis, probabilistic models, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Mastery of MS Excel and proficiency with MS PowerPoint.
• Understanding of thermodynamics, engineering fundamentals, energy usage, plant optimization, and metrics such as LCOE, overnight capital costs, IRR, and utility return on equity.
• Ability to work on-site in an industrial facility with hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.

Nice to have

• Experience with detailed process modeling and techno-economic models for emerging technologies.
• Background spanning energy-system engineering, business development, and financial modeling.
• Experience with energy-system optimization and probabilistic modeling.
• Comfort with mathematical modeling and tool development in Python.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced startup environment focused on integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique.
• Equity and competitive compensation.
• Company holidays, flexible vacation days, sick days, and parental leave.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching, professional growth opportunities, and team-building activities.