Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Welding (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Hiring range: $124,000–$186,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops Terran R launch vehicles, rockets, manufacturing systems, and related aerospace technologies.

What you will do

• Serve as the materials and processes discipline expert for weld materials and processes.
• Qualify weld materials and products for flight and reuse.
• Develop system requirements and workflows for damage-tolerant design, inspection, flight qualification, and reuse.
• Create, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards.
• Drive weld process development and optimization with weld engineering.
• Collaborate with materials, laboratory, design, manufacturing, quality, fracture control, and leadership teams to resolve technical risks and enable production scale-up.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science, engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant materials engineering experience; leveling may be adjusted for candidates with more experience.
• Experience solving process-structure-property-performance problems for weld materials.
• Experience with aerospace materials and processes activities, including material selection, weld development and qualification, damage tolerance, inspection, risk assessment, and failure analysis.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines and work in a fast-paced environment developing and iterating launch vehicle products.

Nice to have

• Experience with weld materials and processes for reusable aerospace parts.
• Expertise in friction stir and fusion welding, including laser, orbital tube, electron beam, GTAW, and GMAW welding.
• Knowledge of AWS D17.1, AWS D17.2, or equivalent weld process qualification requirements for nickel, ferrous, aluminum, or titanium alloys.
• Experience with welded aerospace products and downstream processes such as heat treatment, coatings, passivation, and precision cleaning.
• Knowledge of non-destructive evaluation, corrosion, fatigue, damage tolerance, and statistical experimental design.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on Terran R launch vehicles and technologies supporting flight, reuse, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Autonomy, ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and technical rigor are emphasized.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Commitment to accountability, inclusion, and interdisciplinary development.