Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid — Torrance, California, United States; 9/80 work schedule with approximately 5–15% travel to hirify.global and customer locations, primarily within the United States.

Salary: $130,000–$170,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace and defense technologies, including flight control and weapons bay actuation systems for military aircraft.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for the development, integration, and verification of hydraulic and electromechanical actuation systems.
• Influence system architecture, design decisions, requirements, and verification strategies throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional engineering activities, system integration, testing, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and issue resolution.
• Develop requirements traceability, verification plans, qualification approaches, technical analyses, and engineering documentation.
• Present technical solutions, program updates, and test results to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Mentor early-career engineers and coordinate technical work across hirify.global teams and sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another STEM discipline.
• At least seven years of engineering experience.
• Experience across the full product development lifecycle, including requirements development, system design, integration, testing, verification, validation, and qualification.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts, subsystem development, or cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong systems-thinking, analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Access to U.S. export-controlled information is required for this position.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex electrohydraulic or electromechanical actuator systems.
• Experience with aerospace actuation, flight control, or other safety-critical aerospace applications.
• Familiarity with DOORS, Cameo, and other requirements management or systems engineering tools.
• Hands-on experience integrating and testing hydraulic or electromechanical systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers or supporting new product development from concept through qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-focused, respectful, and inclusive workplace with employee resource groups.
• Compensation package with bonus opportunities, matching 401(k), and an employee stock purchase plan at select locations.
• Flexible paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, employee assistance, flexible spending, and health savings benefits.
• Tuition assistance, mentorship, coaching, leadership development, and personal growth programs.