Manager, Spacecraft Vehicle Engineering (Aerospace)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite

Salary: $175,000–$205,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles that deliver payloads to orbits beyond and within Low Earth Orbit.

What you will do

• Lead a team of responsible engineers working on the Mira spacecraft across mechanical and vehicle-level systems engineering.
• Connect propulsion, avionics, manufacturing, and integration hardware groups to deliver recurring Mira vehicles on schedule.
• Own technical work involving primary and secondary structures, deployable mechanisms, and payload accommodations.
• Support mission management, mission design, and customers across active missions, new mission onboarding, and capability studies.
• Scale Mira missions from 6 per year to more than 30 per year.
• Shape the product roadmap through block upgrades, performance improvements, process development, and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field.
• Demonstrated results developing, testing, and flying spacecraft, launch vehicles, or comparable flightworthy vehicles.
• Expert technical knowledge of spacecraft structures, mechanisms, pressure systems, or a related discipline.
• Professional experience managing and growing a small engineering team.
• Strong technical and interpersonal communication skills across multiple engineering groups.
• Must be a U.S. Person or eligible to obtain an export license under applicable U.S. export regulations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• 4+ years of experience in lead roles on spacecraft development.
• Ownership of spacecraft technical development from conceptualization and system trades through design, analysis, testing, integration, and flight operations.
• Experience solving multidisciplinary problems in a startup or agile, hands-on hardware environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work within the Vehicle Engineering department.
• Stock options may be available for full-time hires.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Introductory and technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview followed by an offer.