Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Seattle, Washington; on-site

Salary: $208,000–$312,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous aircraft systems and related artificial intelligence capabilities.

What you will do

• Design electro-mechanical solutions for avionics packaging, electrical interconnects, thermal management, and aircraft integration.
• Perform structural, preliminary thermal, modal, finite element, and fatigue or lifecycle analyses.
• Ensure avionics meet performance, safety, environmental, EMI, and EMC requirements.
• Apply aerospace standards including DO-160, DO-254, DO-178C, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-461.
• Own designs from concept and design reviews through system validation, failure analysis, and flight test readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience designing mechanical and electrical equipment for aerospace applications, including harness integration and mechanical components.
• Expertise with CAD tools such as NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar for 3D modeling, drawings, and system layouts.
• Familiarity with eCAD tools such as Altium, Cadence, or Allegro, and harness design tools such as Capital or Zuken.
• Experience defining PCB constraints, developing circuit cards, managing mechanical interfaces, and working with electrical engineers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile aircraft development environment with evolving priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work in an accelerated aircraft development environment.
• Focus on rapidly transitioning concepts into operational capability for operators.
• Work requires technical rigor, rapid decision-making, ownership, and practical problem-solving.
• Artificial intelligence tools may support parts of the hiring process, while final decisions remain with human reviewers.