Senior Mechanisms Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; occasional travel to test and launch sites, including shifted or weekend schedules for critical milestones

Salary: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops launch vehicles, rockets, and manufacturing systems, including the Terran R vehicle for commercial orbital payload delivery.

What you will do

• Own the system-level design and integration of complex mechanisms such as thrust vector control systems.
• Define concepts of operations, system requirements, architecture, verification plans, and success criteria.
• Lead integrated product activities across mechanical design, actuators, GNC, avionics, and software.
• Author and execute development and functional verification tests and support flight readiness.
• Coordinate design, manufacturing, integration, and test schedules for complex mechanism systems.
• Design test fixtures, specify sensors, develop test automation, and lead root-cause investigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of experience designing, manufacturing, assembling, or testing complex mechanical or electromechanical systems.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary projects and delivering against ambitious schedules.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to communicate complex concepts to engineering and leadership audiences.
• Experience balancing requirements, cost, and schedule while driving system integration and verification.
• Ability to travel occasionally to test and launch sites and support shifted or weekend schedules when required.

Nice to have

• Experience with actuator systems, flight mechanisms, or thrust vector control.
• Motor-control tuning and model-based design with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Integrated hardware/software testing and verification experience.
• Familiarity with reusability and rapid-iteration development environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Cross-functional work spanning propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate teams.