Nuclear Engineering Internship (Nuclear Reactor Technology)

Location: Onsite opportunities in Alameda, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; or Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Salary: $31–$35 per hour for employees working onsite at the Alameda headquarters; rates may vary by work location, education, experience, and skills.

Company

hirify.global develops fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology designed to support clean energy adoption through safe, affordable, and flexible nuclear power.

What you will do

• Develop, verify, and validate analytical tools, computational models, and engineering methods for reactor safety and performance analyses.
• Perform engineering analyses in areas including reactor physics, radiation transport, thermal hydraulics, structural mechanics, CFD, materials, and nuclear safety.
• Support research and technology development for the Hermes Reactor and future commercial reactor fleet.
• Compare models with experimental data, benchmark problems, or reference solutions.
• Analyze engineering data and prepare technical reports, calculations, presentations, and project documentation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and participate in technical reviews and cross-functional discussions.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field focused on nuclear reactor applications.
• Knowledge of engineering fundamentals such as reactor physics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics, or radiation transport.
• Familiarity with scientific computing, computational modeling, numerical methods, and engineering simulation tools.
• Programming or scripting experience with Python, MATLAB, C++, Fortran, or similar tools is desirable.
• Ability to analyze engineering or experimental data, prepare accurate technical documentation, and collaborate across engineering disciplines.
• Work requires authorization to access Department of Energy Part 810-controlled information; certain foreign nationals may require an export control license.

Nice to have

• Technical experience from laboratory work, research, extracurricular projects, personal projects, or prior internships.
• Exposure to neutronics, thermal hydraulics, structural mechanics, CFD, fuel performance, licensing, or nuclear safety analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Mentorship, training, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment focused on safety, integrity, and technical development.
• Office and facility work may require prolonged standing or sitting, high concentration, and use of personal protective equipment.
• Full-time employees, excluding interns, may receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid vacation, 401(k), and pre-tax health, dependent-care, and commuter benefits.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.