Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Houston, United States; generally office-based with occasional inside or outside work

Company

hirify.global develops commercial human spaceflight services, advanced spacesuits, and Axiom Station, a commercial space station supporting sustained human presence in space.

What you will do

• Develop, mature, and operate Portable Life Support System hardware for the Axiom Extravehicular Activity spacesuit.
• Design and iterate single-suit architectures for microgravity and partial-gravity mission environments.
• Support life support architecture, requirements management, system certification, and engineering standards.
• Plan and execute verification, validation, testing, manufacturing, assembly, delivery, and on-orbit operations.
• Analyze performance data, recommend improvements, and communicate project status, risks, and progress to stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate work tasks, schedules, budgets, test plans, customer deliverables, and cross-functional interfaces.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in life support engineering or a similar role, plus 1+ year of people leadership experience.
• Experience building, testing, or assembling hardware and familiarity with flight hardware development and certification.
• Understanding of space environments, including grounding and bonding, thermal conditions, vacuum, and regolith.
• Knowledge of NASA or commercial space program standards and experience defining engineering standards, processes, and practices.
• Must complete a U.S. government background investigation and provide proof of U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on commercial space infrastructure, human spaceflight, and sustained activity in low-Earth orbit and beyond.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing leadership, innovation, teamwork, accountability, and ownership.
• Work may require evenings and weekends to meet critical project milestones.
• Physical work may include extended sitting or standing and occasional lifting or carrying of up to 25 pounds.