Senior Test Technician

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, United States

Salary: $48.60–$59.60 per hour, 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

• Build, assemble, maintain, and operate test rigs, fixtures, and support equipment for R1 reactor components and subsystems.
• Install instrumentation such as thermocouples, pressure transducers, strain gauges, flow meters, relays, solenoid valves, and electrical wiring.
• Configure data acquisition systems, sensors, and control hardware, then execute tests according to established procedures.
• Document test conditions, results, anomalies, operator observations, configurations, calibrations, hardware changes, and run logs.
• Fabricate brackets, mount points, plumbing, wiring harnesses, and mechanical components while troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation issues.
• Support test engineers with test campaigns, procedure improvements, failure investigations, procurement, receiving, and organization of test hardware.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a test technician, engineering technician, lab technician, or in a similar technical role.
• Experience assembling mechanical systems, test fixtures, or prototype hardware and integrating instrumentation.
• Familiarity with data acquisition systems, basic test software, engineering drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and work instructions.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, hand-tool and shop-tool experience, and the ability to work safely around high-energy systems and heavy equipment.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends when necessary, lift 50 pounds, and perform standing, climbing, bending, grasping, pulling, pushing, and carrying.

Nice to have

• Experience with plumbing systems, tubing, valves, fittings, brazing, and leak checking.
• Experience with electrical wiring, harness building, relays, control panels, and hardware debugging.
• Familiarity with inspection tools, CAD or CAD viewers, Python, scripting, welding, machining, or fabrication.
• Experience building and operating test rigs in R&D, prototype, or fast-paced hardware development environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity through a significant stock option package.
• Work in a new 322,000-square-foot facility supporting collaboration, R&D, and production.
• Culture centered on systems thinking, end-user focus, unconventional problem-solving, in-person teamwork, and operating effectively amid uncertainty.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced nuclear energy, defense, and space hardware development.

Hiring process

• Compensation is determined based on experience, education, and demonstrated skills throughout the interview process.
• Employment eligibility must comply with U.S. Government export regulations, including applicable ITAR authorization requirements.