Manager, Core Thermal Hydraulics Methods and Analysis (Nuclear)

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States. The role is subject to U.S. Government export-control review; candidates may need to identify U.S. citizenship or nationality, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident status.

Salary: $153,862–$205,149 per year. The range is specific to Washington State.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced nuclear energy technologies and medical isotope applications focused on improving the safety, security, affordability, and environmental performance of nuclear power.

What you will do

• Lead the Core Thermal Hydraulics Methods and Analysis team of analysts and code developers.
• Set strategy, goals, staffing plans, resources, budgets, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Approve thermal-hydraulic methods and analyses covering core flow, heat transfer, and reactor component thermal loads.
• Develop, verify, and validate methodologies using CFD, subchannel solvers, test planning, and execution.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering teams on nuclear component design and quality requirements.
• Maintain analysis documentation, communicate project status, mentor engineers, and support technical issue resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, or a relevant technical engineering field.
• At least 10 years of thermal-hydraulic analysis experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years with a master’s or doctoral degree.
• At least 3 years coordinating technical teams and meeting project goals.
• Proficiency in computational fluid dynamics, thermal-hydraulics methods, and commercial CFD tools, especially STAR-CCM+.
• Strong knowledge of thermal-hydraulic principles and heat transfer, with experience using CFD or other analysis tools.
• Experience with stringent quality-assurance requirements such as ASME NQA-1, MIL-Q-9858A, or ISO-9000.

Nice to have

• Experience managing personnel, resource loading, work planning, and career development.
• Knowledge of thermal-hydraulic phenomena in sodium fast reactors.
• Experience interfacing with design and test engineering disciplines.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive compensation and eligibility for discretionary short-term incentive payments.
• Medical, vision, dental, life, disability, wellness, and gender-affirmation benefits.
• Parental leave, 401(k), 21 accrued PTO days annually, and 10 paid holidays.
• Relocation assistance and professional and educational support opportunities.
• Physical requirements include prolonged sitting and repetitive work, the ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds, and 0–10% travel.

Hiring process

• Qualifications and employment data will be verified during the hiring process.
• Applicants subject to export-control review may need to provide information about U.S. citizenship, nationality, immigration, or lawful permanent resident status.