Quality Systems Engineer (AI)

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, United States; occasional travel to suppliers, implementation partners, customer/government sites, or company facilities may be required.

Salary: $160,000–$235,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

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

What you will do

• Translate supply chain, manufacturing, quality, engineering, and finance requirements into workflows, data models, forms, approvals, permissions, exception logic, and operating procedures.
• Design AI-enabled and human-in-the-loop workflows for supplier commitments, purchase orders, material readiness, nonconformances, risks, follow-ups, and escalations.
• Build automations and integrations using SQL, Python, APIs, low-code tools, RPA, webhooks, workflow engines, collaboration tools, supplier portals, and internal applications.
• Administer and improve MES, ERP/MRP, procurement, supplier, inventory, material, QMS, and related operational systems.
• Maintain master data, workflow performance, system adoption, data quality, integrations, documentation, audit evidence, and exception-management routines.
• Support tool implementations through requirements gathering, vendor coordination, configuration, testing, migration, user acceptance testing, training, rollout, and post-launch support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain systems, manufacturing systems, procurement operations, business systems, operations technology, industrial engineering, or a similar enterprise-workflow role.
• Hands-on experience administering or implementing at least one enterprise operations system such as MES, ERP/MRP, procurement, supplier management, inventory/materials, QMS, PLM, or workflow automation platforms.
• Strong understanding of purchase orders, supplier commitments, expediting, material readiness, inventory, work orders, receiving, inspections, nonconformances, and production support.
• Ability to translate ambiguous operational needs into process maps, system requirements, workflow logic, test plans, documentation, and user training.
• Working knowledge of SQL, data structures, Python, APIs, low-code automation, RPA, scripting, or similar system-integration tools.
• Practical understanding of AI-enabled workflows, including prompt design, structured outputs, human-in-the-loop review, permissions, data quality, and safe escalation logic.
• Experience with Git or another version-control system and CI/CD software incorporating automated testing and release.
• Ability to work onsite in Torrance, CA, work long hours and weekends when necessary, and support urgent supplier, manufacturing, production, implementation, or audit milestones.
• Must satisfy U.S. Government export-control eligibility as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or person eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience building anomaly-detection algorithms, ETL pipelines, unit and integration tests, and AI-enabled operational tools.
• Experience with supplier onboarding, execution reviews, receiving, inspections, nonconformance handling, change or containment impact analysis, and production handoffs.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a significant stock option package.
• Systems-oriented, end-user-focused, unconventional, action-oriented, and nuanced working principles.
• Teams prioritize in-person collaboration while recognizing that deep work can be done from anywhere.
• Occasional travel is expected to meet customers, users, stakeholders, suppliers, implementation partners, government sites, or company facilities.
• Work may include long hours and weekends to support critical operational milestones.