Fluid Systems Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Salary: $100,000–$175,000 annually, plus potential stock options and benefits for full-time hires.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates uranium enrichment services to produce affordable nuclear fuel for advanced reactors and critical industries.

What you will do

• Lead the design, analysis, and deployment of fluid systems for a uranium enrichment facility.
• Perform system sizing, performance analysis, requirements definition, and architecture trade studies.
• Design pressurized and unpressurized components, assemblies, CAD models, drawings, and specifications.
• Conduct structural and mechanical analyses for pressure, thermal, and operational loads.
• Improve designs for manufacturability and lead first-article builds and production process development.
• Plan qualification and acceptance testing and define system operating concepts from commissioning through steady-state operation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in fluid systems design, analysis, or hardware development.
• Experience with gas dynamics, thermal analysis, finite element analysis, and CAD software.
• Hands-on experience with pressurized systems such as valves, regulators, piping, tubing, or pressure vessels.
• Ability to collaborate with manufacturing, safety, operations, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends when necessary.

Nice to have

• Experience owning operation-critical hardware from concept through production.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on affordable nuclear energy and uranium enrichment.
• Lean engineering and operations team using a first-principles approach.
• Culture centered on urgency, accountability, and transparency.
• Full-time hires may receive stock options, medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.