The hot deformation behavior of as-forged Nitinol 60 alloy (60 wt% Ni, 40 wt% Ti) was studied over the ranges of temperature, 650-850°C, and strain rate, 0.01-1 s -1 , using isothermal constant strain rate compression tests in a Gleeble-3500 simulator. The processing maps, based on the dynamic materials model, were developed to optimize the hot working parameters. The results show that the deformation parameters have a marked effect on the power dissipation efficiency and the instability parameter. A single unstable region (650-775°C, 0.037-1 s -1 ), associated with flow localization and/or adiabatic shear, is detected from the processing map. This should be avoided in hot working process. The optimized hot working conditions correspond to 680-790°C, 0.01-0.025 s -1 with peak efficiency of 0.45 at 720°C, 0.01 s -1 , and 820-850°C, 0.1-1 s -1 with peak efficiency of 0.5 at 850°C, 1 s -1 . Microstructure observations indicate that the main deformation mechanism of optimized domains involves dynamic recrystallization.