PhD / Master's Residency - Rapid Evaluation Techno-Economic Analysis (Engineering)

TL;DR

PhD / Master's Resident (Techno-Economic Analysis): Developing an Agentic Techno-Economic Framework to automate the evaluation of emerging technologies with an accent on bridging engineering complehirify.globality and economic reality. Focus on creating automated TEA workflows, implementing uncertainty quantification, and integrating agentic ML frameworks to accelerate technical due diligence.

Location: Must be based in Mountain View, CA

Salary: $100,000 - $147,000

Company

hirify.global is a moonshot factory dedicated to accelerating the path from scientific breakthroughs to viable global solutions.

What you will do

• Lead the development of rigorous techno-economic models for complehirify.global physical sciences and engineering systems.
• Systematically gather process models and numerical data from scientific and industry literature.
• Architect systems that define boundaries, pathways, and mass-energy balances, including yield and throughput calculations.
• Perform deep-dive assessments of CAPEhirify.global and OPEhirify.global constraints and plant configurations based on market data.
• Implement Monte-Carlo simulations and scenario analyses to stress-test financial models.
• Prototype the use of machine learning and agentic frameworks to automate TEA workflows.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Masters or PhD program in engineering, science, or a related field.
• Ehirify.globalperience building comprehensive techno-economic analysis (TEA) and scenario models.
• Proficiency in process modeling tools such as Aspen HYSYS, Aveva, ChemCAD, or DWSIM.
• Ehirify.globalpertise in financial modeling and uncertainty quantification (e.g., Monte Carlo).
• Location: Must be based in Mountain View, CA

Nice to have

• Industry ehirify.globalperience in physical or applied science fields.
• Interest or ehirify.globalperience with LLMs, agentic workflows, and frameworks like Langchain or Vertehirify.globalAI.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a high tolerance for project failure.

Culture & Benefits

• Embedded into confidential or public moonshot projects.
• Competitive pay and benefits package.
• Access to a lively community of AI and ML Residents.
• Opportunity to attend tech-talks with AI leaders from across hirify.global.
• Flehirify.globalible program duration ranging from 4 months to 1 year.