Manufacturing Engineer – Composite Motor Cases (Aerospace)

Location: Torrance, California, United States

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage defense company developing and delivering advanced defense systems.

What you will do

• Own manufacturing processes for composite solid rocket motor cases from development through production.
• Develop and optimize bonding, curing, insulation, rubber, material application, integration, and assembly processes.
• Create tooling, fixtures, work instructions, routings, and process controls.
• Integrate filament-wound composite structures and associated hardware into completed motor-case assemblies.
• Lead process qualification, production-readiness, root-cause investigations, and manufacturing issue resolution.
• Develop capacity and scaling plans while supporting suppliers, outsourced manufacturing, technicians, and production builds.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering or production of complex hardware.
• Experience developing and improving manufacturing processes.
• Ability to develop tooling, work instructions, and process controls.
• Demonstrated ability to solve manufacturing problems in a hands-on production environment.
• Access to export-controlled information may require compliance with U.S. Government authorization, citizenship, or other eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with composite structures, aerospace, defense, or propulsion manufacturing.
• Experience with bonded assemblies, adhesives, rubber, insulation, curing, or structural integration.
• Experience transitioning composite hardware or manufacturing processes from development into production.
• Experience with manufacturing tooling, process qualification, or production scaling.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering and production teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Early-stage environment with significant ownership and direct impact on defense-system development.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Filament Winding, Design, Materials, Quality, Propulsion, and Production.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available throughout the application and hiring process.