Staff Materials & Processes Engineer, Fluid Systems

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$226,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R rockets and manufacturing systems for commercial payload delivery, flight reuse, and scalable launch capacity.

What you will do

• Act as the cognizant materials and processes engineer for launch vehicle fluid systems.
• Qualify materials and processes for flight and reuse across fluid system components.
• Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards.
• Lead statistically driven experimental design and process improvement campaigns.
• Collaborate with materials, laboratory, fluid systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, fracture control, and leadership teams.
• Support material selection, design and analysis, qualification, failure analysis, manufacturing troubleshooting, subcontractor reliability, and technical risk management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science, materials engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant materials and processes experience; leveling may vary based on background.
• Experience with material selection, process development, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis.
• Ability to work collaboratively across interdisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Commitment to accountability, execution, continuous learning, and inclusive technical collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace fluid system products and their materials and processes across the full part lifecycle.
• Knowledge of cryogenic stainless steel, nickel alloys, and structural aluminum alloys.
• Experience with orbital tube welding, gas tungsten arc welding, tube bending, passivation, precision cleaning, heat treatment, forging, casting, or extrusion.
• Knowledge of media compatibility, non-destructive evaluation, corrosion, fatigue, and damage tolerance.
• Experience with statistical experimental design and data analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on Terran R across design, manufacturing, operations, and reuse programs.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing autonomy, ownership, technical rigor, and interdisciplinary impact.