Avionics Manufacturing Engineer (Electrical Integration)

Location: Onsite at either the Torrance, California or Allen, Texas facility. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Company

hirify.global develops and delivers advanced defense systems, including long-range hypersonic strike vehicles.

What you will do

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes for integrating PCBAs, electrical components, and interconnects into mechanical housings and higher-level avionics assemblies.
• Create work instructions, visual aids, assembly procedures, inspection criteria, and process controls for avionics hardware.
• Define and validate assembly parameters such as material placement, surface preparation, fastener torque, tightening sequence, compression, alignment, and cleanliness.
• Partner with Design, Test, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Planning, Supply Chain, and Production on tooling, fixtures, automation, inspection, and production test equipment.
• Troubleshoot electrical and electro-mechanical assembly issues, support root-cause investigations and corrective actions, and improve yield, assembly time, production flow, and repeatability.
• Support technicians during development and production builds, provide process training, and transition avionics hardware into controlled production.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in avionics, electronics, electrical integration, electro-mechanical assembly, or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience integrating PCBAs or electrical components into mechanical assemblies.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes, work instructions, inspection criteria, or process controls.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, PCBA drawings, mechanical drawings, bills of material, and manufacturing documentation.
• Willingness to work extended hours or weekends as needed and travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice to have

• Experience with flight avionics, defense electronics, automotive electronics, or other high-reliability hardware.
• Experience with thermal interface materials, gap fillers, thermal pads, adhesives, gaskets, environmental seals, fasteners, and grounding features.
• Experience developing tooling, fixtures, automation, production test equipment, or manufacturing acceptance criteria.
• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, mechanical fits, fastener torque, electrical continuity, grounding, hipot, insulation resistance, or functional testing.
• Working knowledge of IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or similar workmanship standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Early-stage environment with significant ownership and direct impact on advanced defense capabilities.
• Collaboration with engineering, quality, supply chain, planning, and production functions.
• Generous benefits package.
• Access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites may require security clearance, government authorization, and applicable citizenship or eligibility requirements.
• Employment is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.