Assembly Integration & Test Engineer (Satellites)

Location: On-site in Long Beach, California, United States. Occasional travel to suppliers, test facilities, and the launch site is required. The role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information, so candidates must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $112,340–$230,472 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops space stations, satellites, and space infrastructure for human presence, microgravity research, manufacturing, and government and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Lead spacecraft integration and test campaigns across components, boxes, subsystems, and full vehicles.
• Define test philosophy, acceptance and qualification strategies, verification plans, and test documentation.
• Develop and operate environmental test systems for random vibration, thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, EMI/EMC, and mass properties.
• Design, build, install, and validate mechanical and electrical ground support equipment, tooling, fixtures, facilities, and work instructions.
• Partner with design and manufacturing engineering to improve design for manufacture, design for test, repeatability, and production ramp.
• Investigate failures, drive root-cause resolution, own test data review, and feed findings back into spacecraft design and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in test engineering, integration, or hands-on hardware engineering.
• Hands-on experience integrating spacecraft or complex flight hardware, including thermal vacuum and random vibration testing.
• Experience creating and executing test plans, procedures, reports, requirements, and discrepancy documentation from scratch.
• Proficiency in at least one of C, C++, Python, or MATLAB for test automation, data reduction, or ground-support-equipment control.
• Ability to work on-site in Long Beach, in clean-room and ESD-sensitive environments, with extended hours and occasional weekends during build and test campaigns.

Nice to have

• Ability to obtain a security clearance and advanced degree in engineering.
• Knowledge of satellite subsystems including C&DH, ADCS, EPS, and communications.
• Experience with multi-unit or constellation production, automated electronics test systems, RF testing, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Experience with clean-room operations, ESD-sensitive hardware, electrical test equipment, spacecraft harnesses, NX CAD, IPC/J-STD standards, or launch campaigns.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and other discounts.
• On-site food perks including snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner, and subsidized lunch.
• Work focuses on establishing new satellite assembly and test capabilities from the ground up.