Senior Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Tempe, Arizona, or Carlsbad, California, United States. U.S. Citizenship required.

Salary: $120,500–$190,000 annually. For specific work locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area: $149,500–$224,500 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops satellite communications and space infrastructure solutions serving consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and develop mechanical systems for satellite structures, mechanisms, electronics packaging, and deployable systems.
• Support mechanical subsystem development from concept through qualification, production, integration, and on-orbit support.
• Perform structural, thermal, dynamic, vibration, shock, and environmental analyses for flight hardware.
• Develop engineering requirements, specifications, drawings, procedures, and qualification plans.
• Participate in hardware integration, testing, anomaly resolution, and design reviews including PDR, CDR, TRR, and FRR.
• Collaborate with systems, thermal, electrical, manufacturing, reliability, supply chain, quality, and program management teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of mechanical engineering experience, including spaceflight hardware development.
• Experience developing mechanical systems for spacecraft, satellites, launch vehicles, or other aerospace systems.
• Experience with CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, or NX, and engineering analysis tools such as ANSYS, Nastran, Simcenter, or Thermal Desktop.
• Experience with vibration, shock, thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, and other environmental qualification and acceptance testing.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with small satellites, broadband constellations, spacecraft buses, composite structures, lightweight design, or deployable mechanisms.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle interfaces, spacecraft integration, DFM/DFA, PLM systems, and spaceflight standards.
• Experience supporting suppliers, contract manufacturers, root cause investigations, and corrective actions.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and program management.
• Opportunities to contribute across the full spacecraft product lifecycle.
• Medical, financial, and other benefits focused on holistic health and wellness.
• Additional cash or stock incentives may be available depending on the position.