Systems Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, in the Los Angeles area; travel to customer and mission-relevant locations may be required. Applicants must be eligible under U.S. government export regulations.

Salary: $140,000–$185,000 annually, plus equity.

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop and manage reactor requirements based on customer specifications, safety regulations, and design and construction codes.
• Build processes for validating analysis methodologies and ensuring compliance with ASME and other applicable standards.
• Establish and manage design-review processes, including feedback documentation, open actions, and unverified assumptions.
• Conduct reliability analyses and risk assessments throughout product design and development.
• Identify failure modes, lead root-cause analyses, and develop corrective action plans.
• Collaborate with design, analysis, manufacturing, quality, and other cross-functional teams to create scalable design processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related Engineering.
• 4+ years of experience, preferably in a design or product-development environment.
• Knowledge of reliability principles, methodologies, and testing techniques.
• Familiarity with ASME codes and standards and failure-mode analysis tools such as FMEA or FMECA.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends when necessary to support critical milestones.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance and meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• Experience with reliability software and statistical analysis tools, including Weibull analysis and Minitab.
• Experience in regulated industries such as nuclear, automotive, aerospace, or medical devices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity package in addition to the posted salary range.
• Work is centered around collaboration in a dedicated R&D and production facility.
• Values include systems thinking, end-user focus, challenging convention, going where the work is, and operating in ambiguity.
• In-person collaboration and customer or stakeholder visits are emphasized.