Thermal-Structural Analyst

Location: Torrance, California, in the Los Angeles area; onsite work at hirify.global' facility.

Salary: $115,000–$150,000 per year plus equity.

Company

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

What you will do

• Build, run, and maintain nonlinear thermal and structural FEA models of reactor components and subsystem assemblies.
• Assess designs against static, dynamic, thermal, fatigue, creep, mechanical, operational, and performance requirements.
• Collaborate with design and responsible engineers on sizing, material selection, design modification, and optimization.
• Document analytical results, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Support test campaigns through test planning, instrumentation selection, failure root-cause analysis, data review, and model validation.
• Develop internal engineering tools and calculators and provide technical mentorship across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience performing thermal and structural analysis.
• Experience building and running nonlinear thermal and structural FEA models.
• Competence with CAD software for design modification and model defeaturing, such as Siemens NX or similar.
• Experience with steady-state and transient thermal modeling.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue, creep, fracture, acceptable-flaw, and dynamic-load analysis experience.
• Experience with regulatory qualification or certification programs for safety-critical aerospace or nuclear systems.
• Familiarity with ASME BPVC Section III Division 5.
• Experience developing tools in Python, MATLAB, or another programming language.
• Experience building and running CFD models.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity and a significant stock option package.
• Fast-paced environment with rapid design iteration cycles.
• Close collaboration between engineering, testing, analysis, R&D, and production teams.
• Emphasis on systems thinking, end-user focus, unconventional solutions, and in-person collaboration.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends when necessary to support critical milestones.