Head of Safeguards and Security (Nuclear Security)

Location: Los Angeles, CA; on-site work required. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances and access authorizations are required.

Salary: $170,000–$240,000 annually, plus potential stock options and benefits for full-time hires.

Company

hirify.global is building and operating low-cost uranium enrichment services in the United States to support nuclear fuel production for advanced reactors and critical industries.

What you will do

• Build and lead an integrated safeguards and security program covering physical, personnel, information, classification, UCNI/CUI, OPSEC, insider threat, visitor control, incident response, and training.
• Serve as the security authority and primary point of contact for the NRC, DOE, law enforcement, auditors, customers, and other government stakeholders.
• Support NRC Part 70 licensing and Part 73 physical protection readiness, including safeguards planning, inspections, corrective actions, recordkeeping, and compliance with license conditions.
• Develop protection strategies for special nuclear material, classified and controlled information, export-controlled information, proprietary technology, and other critical assets.
• Lead classification, information protection, export control, CUI, OPSEC, facility clearance, access authorization, foreign national access, and classified visitor-control programs.
• Direct security investigations, incident reporting, corrective actions, performance metrics, audit schedules, training reports, and inspection-readiness activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in security management, nuclear engineering, criminal justice, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in safeguards and security, nuclear security, classified information protection, information security, law enforcement, military security, DOE/NNSA security, NRC-regulated security, or another high-consequence regulated environment.
• Experience managing physical security, access and visitor control, incident response, information protection, controlled information, and security training programs.
• Working knowledge of DOE and/or NRC security frameworks, including one or more of 10 CFR Parts 70, 73, 95, 1017, or 1045.
• Ability to develop regulator-ready procedures, plans, training, assessments, corrective actions, and documentation, and to work with regulators, auditors, executives, technical teams, and site operations.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and successfully complete background investigation, drug screening, access authorization, and other requirements for access to nuclear, classified, controlled, or sensitive information.

Nice to have

• Experience as a safeguards and security manager, facility security officer, site security officer, classification officer, information security officer, OPSEC manager, MC&A lead, insider threat participant, or security lead at a DOE, NNSA, NRC, DoD, or cleared contractor site.
• Experience with uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel cycles, special nuclear material, nuclear material accounting, safeguards information, UCNI, CUI, Restricted Data, or National Security Information.
• Experience building security programs for new facilities, startups, first-of-a-kind technology programs, or rapidly scaling technical organizations.
• Familiarity with access-control systems, intrusion detection, security cameras, badge systems, restricted areas, classified work areas, visitor management, vulnerability assessments, and security incident investigations.
• Experience with export control, 10 CFR Part 810, foreign national access controls, and sensitive technology-transfer reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on making nuclear energy safer and more affordable.
• Work in a fast-moving technical organization with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.
• Extended hours or weekend work may be required for mission-critical activities.
• Travel to company sites, regulator meetings, government facilities, vendors, or training may be required.
• Full-time hires may receive stock options, medical, vision and dental coverage, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.