Mechanical Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Torrance, California, in the Los Angeles area; onsite work at hirify.global's facility. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. export regulations.

Salary: $145,000–$190,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a Series C startup developing mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable nuclear microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space applications.

What you will do

• Own a subsystem and related hardware for larger space nuclear systems used in space and on the Moon and Mars.
• Drive system-level layouts, requirements definition and decomposition, configuration management, and build and test cycles from concept through CDR and beyond.
• Create and manage CAD models, configurations, drawings, DFMEA, and manufacturing documentation.
• Develop clean-sheet designs through hardware procurement, development testing, qualification testing, integration, and production.
• Lead design reviews, trade studies, interface definition, and integration and test planning.
• Coordinate with nuclear, thermal, structures, manufacturing, and quality teams to close design loops and satisfy mission and product requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related physics-based field.
• 5+ years of experience in space system or product mechanical design, system configuration, and layout.
• Expertise with CAD, such as NX or CATIA, and experience with PLM and manufacturing planning and management systems.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones.
• Willingness and ability to obtain and retain a security clearance.
• Eligibility to work under applicable U.S. Government export regulations.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related physics-based field.
• Expertise designing, analyzing, and integrating nuclear or space nuclear systems.
• Leadership experience on a project or research team.
• Strong project management, cross-discipline communication, interpersonal, collaborative, and technical communication skills.
• Understanding of fluid systems and solid mechanics.
• Track record of initiative and high-impact or high-ROI contributions.
• Broad materials science and material selection knowledge, especially for nuclear applications.
• Ability to conduct complex design trades, system sizing, and first-order engineering analyses while identifying analysis limitations and design risks.
• Very strong design skills, GD&T and drawing experience, and experience taking designs into production.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a new 322,000-square-foot facility with dedicated collaboration, R&D, and production spaces.
• Collaborate in person across disciplines while supporting customer, user, and stakeholder engagement.
• Values include systems thinking, end-user focus, unconstrained problem-solving, direct engagement where the work happens, and operating in ambiguity.
• Compensation includes a significant stock option package in addition to the stated salary.