Staff Structures Engineer (Nuclear)

Location: 100% onsite at hirify.global's headquarters in El Segundo, California, United States; extended hours and weekends may be required.

Salary: $168.5K–$207.9K per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops mass-produced, transportable nuclear microreactors, including the 1 MW Kaleidos reactor for critical infrastructure, remote sites, and commercial users.

What you will do

• Own critical structures including transportable shielding systems, container systems, and high-temperature graphite and metallic systems.
• Conduct trade studies, select materials, and develop designs that meet program requirements and volumetric constraints.
• Perform static strength, durability, fatigue, vibration, shock, and other thermomechanical analyses using hand calculations and finite element tools.
• Develop manufacturing and assembly instructions, test plans, and subassembly design, manufacturing, and test schedules.
• Create and manage bills of materials, develop suppliers, and support assembly, integration, and testing.
• Own subsystem FMEA risk analysis and communicate requirements and technical feedback across engineering functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Mechanical, Aeronautical, Civil, or Structural Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience designing structures.
• 5+ years of experience performing stress analysis using hand calculations and finite element tools such as Abaqus, Ansys, FEMAP, or similar.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish the mission.
• Must work 100% onsite at the El Segundo headquarters.

Nice to have

• Experience designing multi-component assemblies in CAD, such as NX or similar.
• Experience designing hardware that was manufactured, deployed, and iteratively improved.
• Experience resolving thermal expansion issues and applying GD&T.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams and using text-based software development tools.
• Proficiency with hand-calculation analytical methods and higher-fidelity finite element analysis.
• Ability to derive free-body diagrams for unfamiliar systems.
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; self-motivated.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive a substantial incentive stock plan and comprehensive health, vision, dental, and optional supplemental benefits.
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, with additional paid pregnancy leave for California employees.
• Flexible PTO, a remote workday allocation, daily catered lunch, snacks, drinks, and commuter benefits.
• Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and dependents.
• Company and team-bonding events, happy hours, and an in-person work environment at the El Segundo headquarters.

Hiring process

• Compensation level and total package are determined through evaluation of interview performance, experience, education, qualifications, scope, responsibility, and impact.
• The position involves access to technology subject to U.S. export controls; any offer is contingent on the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with those controls.