Design Reliability Engineer (Nuclear Enrichment)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Base salary: $85,000–$180,000 annually

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates uranium enrichment services in the United States to produce affordable nuclear fuel for advanced reactors and critical industries.

What you will do

• Ensure the design process and design criteria are followed for enrichment technology from concept through build.
• Run design reviews, determine whether designs are ready to proceed, facilitate cross-disciplinary decisions, and drive resulting actions to closure.
• Maintain configuration integrity by managing change reviews, controlled design documents, drawings, and P&IDs.
• Manage design criteria and connections between design elements in Stillsuit so designed, documented, and built systems remain consistent.
• Identify, assign, mitigate, escalate, and close engineering risks and missing subsystem interfaces.
• Automate review, document-control, and risk workflows, using AI where useful.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any STEM discipline.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance and access authorization.
• Evidence of exceptional ability through prior projects, technical-team leadership, completed hardware, a portfolio, or comparable work.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy in technical documentation.
• Ability to run meetings, drive decisions, and hold peers and more senior engineers accountable for commitments.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Nice to have

• Experience in design reliability, design assurance, configuration management, or systems engineering.
• Systems engineering experience in aerospace or defense, or process engineering experience in chemical, energy, or semiconductor environments.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and P&IDs.
• Experience automating engineering workflows, including the use of AI tools.
• Familiarity with change control, document control, or risk management processes such as CCB, MOC, FMEA, or risk registers.
• Experience in fast-paced, resource-constrained startup environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, intense, Skunkworks-style engineering projects.
• Mission-driven culture emphasizing urgency, accountability, and transparency.
• Full-time hires may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage, plus access to a 401(k) retirement plan.