Aircraft Structures Lead (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, United States

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a vertically integrated aerospace company developing scalable technology for critical infrastructure, mission operations, and the future of flight.

What you will do

• Architect primary and secondary composite and metallic aircraft structures, including load paths, joints, materials, structural arrangements, and manufacturing approaches.
• Set the technical direction for aircraft structures and make architectural decisions across aerodynamics, propulsion, systems, manufacturing, and flight test.
• Define the structures organization’s execution plan, including capabilities, work allocation, engineering processes, and operating rhythms.
• Support fabrication, assembly, ground testing, and flight testing, incorporating test results and lessons learned into improved designs.
• Lead technical reviews, resolve complex structural design problems, and communicate priorities, risks, and decisions across disciplines.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering standards, design practices, and development processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience designing aircraft structures, including ownership of significant flight hardware.
• Experience taking structural designs from concept through release, manufacturing, and testing.
• Strong understanding of metallic and composite structural design, load paths, manufacturing methods, and joining techniques.
• Expertise with Siemens NX or equivalent CAD software, plus structural sizing, hand calculations, and working knowledge of FEA tools such as Femap/Nastran.
• Strong engineering judgment, communication skills, cross-disciplinary decision-making ability, and a record of mentoring while remaining a hands-on technical contributor.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a vertically integrated aerospace organization applying aerospace engineering and quality standards across its products.
• Collaborate across structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, systems, manufacturing, and flight test.
• Contribute to high-performance, reliable, and efficient aerospace systems for demanding operating environments.