Avionics Senior Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Long Beach, California, United States. Full-time work at the Long Beach location; occasional evenings and weekends may be required for critical mission milestones.

Salary: $137,760–$265,392 per year, depending on level, experience, and demonstrated capability.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures commercial space stations, spacecraft, satellite systems, and future crewed habitats for the Moon and Mars.

What you will do

• Support electronics development, trade studies, interface definitions, specifications, and control documents.
• Design high-reliability avionics enclosures, mounting solutions, integration brackets, and rugged printed circuit board systems.
• Validate requirements through design, testing, analysis, and inspection.
• Plan and conduct tests, interpret test data, and review qualification plans.
• Complete thermal and structural analyses and create assembly, installation, and engineering drawings.
• Manage integrated product configuration throughout the design and manufacturing lifecycle while collaborating with electrical and cross-disciplinary engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience with electronics packaging or critical electronic components in extreme environments.
• Professional experience with 3D CAD programs.
• Experience implementing and analyzing GD&T according to ASME Y14.5.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing under U.S. export control requirements.
• Ability to work onsite in Long Beach and lift up to 25 lbs unassisted.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with NX and ruggedized electronics enclosures or other high-performance hardware.
• Familiarity with environmental testing such as SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-810.
• Familiarity with circuit card design standards including IPC-A-610 and J standards.
• Experience with ANSYS or similar tools, electrical schematic reviews, and Altium or similar software.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a cross-disciplinary, dynamic design environment focused on human-rated space infrastructure.
• Full-time employees receive company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and access to a 401(k) plan.
• Food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner, and subsidized lunch, plus ClassPass credits and personalized mental healthcare.