Manufacturing Engineer (Thermal Control Systems)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite. The position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information, so the hired candidate must be a U.S. person or eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $86,100–$122,220 for Manufacturing Engineer I or $112,340–$159,468 for Manufacturing Engineer II. The California pay range is $86,000–$159,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures commercial space stations, spacecraft, satellites, and future crewed systems for space infrastructure and microgravity applications.

What you will do

• Support manufacturing development and build execution for thermal control system hardware, including pumps, fluid loops, coldplates, heaters, and tubing.
• Author and maintain work instructions, assembly procedures, and inspection plans for TCS components.
• Work directly with technicians on the shop floor to execute builds, troubleshoot issues, and clear blockers.
• Disposition nonconformances and support root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Provide design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly feedback to design engineering.
• Support welding, brazing, tube bending, cleaning, leak testing, pressure testing, and vehicle installation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a science discipline.
• Hands-on hardware experience from employment, internships, co-ops, or student engineering projects.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Exposure to fluid-system manufacturing processes and inspection planning.
• Familiarity with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, CAD tools such as NX, and root cause analysis or corrective action.
• Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing because the role involves U.S. export-controlled information.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in engineering.
• Internship or co-op experience in aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, thermal, fluid, or other high-reliability hardware.
• Experience with design of experiments and troubleshooting builds directly with technicians.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, vacation, paid parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and employee discounts.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch onsite.