Mission Engineer (Nuclear Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Torrance, California, United States. Travel to customer and mission-relevant locations is required as needed.

Salary: $112,000–$150,000 per year, plus stock options.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead delivery of customer-facing commercial, defense, and space programs, owning cost, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, and milestone execution.
• Coordinate engineering collaboration, internal and external reviews, and stakeholder alignment across complex missions.
• Establish closed-loop requirements management connecting customer feedback with engineering design inputs and intended use cases.
• Develop technical proposals, interface requirements, operational use cases, performance justifications, and new programs for DoD and DOE sponsors.
• Research markets, use cases, and CONOPS while creating technical roadmaps for deployment readiness.
• Contribute to system architecture and interface specifications, including deployment logistics, facility interfaces, transportation, commissioning, and decommissioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or applied science.
• 3+ years of experience in complex, safety-critical, defense, or aerospace programs with accountability for cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Systems engineering proficiency, agile practices, and cross-disciplinary systems thinking.
• Strong foundations in thermodynamics, thermofluids, energy systems, and engineering economics, with hardware development or integration experience in energy, automotive, nuclear, or aerospace.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills with business-minded technical decision-making.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements: U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in engineering.
• Python for numerical or multiphysics work and familiarity with Git and CI/CD.
• Transportation logistics experience and experience with DoD, DOE, NASA, USAF, or USSF sponsors.
• PMP or another relevant project management certification.
• Leadership experience on a project or research team and startup experience.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site collaboration in a 322,000-square-foot R&D and production facility.
• Values include systems thinking, end-user focus, unconventional problem-solving, direct stakeholder engagement, and operating effectively amid uncertainty.
• Long hours and weekends may be required to support critical milestones.
• Stock option package included in addition to salary.