Senior Propulsion Engineer (Fluids)

Location: Los Angeles, California, USA; in-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware designed for manufacturing.

What you will do

• Own the architecture, component selection, schematics, and routing of propellant feed systems for spacecraft propulsion modules.
• Design pressurized fluid systems to MEOP, proof, and burst requirements, including tubing, fittings, welds, brazes, and launch-environment constraints.
• Perform flow, pressure-drop, transient, blowdown, filtration, and thermal-fluid analyses.
• Define and execute leak, proof, burst, functional, and acceptance test campaigns, including procedures and ground-support-equipment requirements.
• Own range-safety, pressure-systems compliance, fracture control, hazard analyses, and flight approvals.
• Partner with propulsion, manufacturing, integration, test, and launch teams to improve producibility, cleanliness, qualification, and anomaly resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, chemical, or a related engineering field.
• 6+ years of fluid-systems engineering experience with substantial hands-on work on pressurized fluid or propellant feed systems.
• Deep knowledge of pressurized fluid-system design, component selection, routing, joints, and MEOP/proof/burst factors of safety.
• Experience with fluid-system testing, range-safety and pressure-systems requirements, fracture control, hazardous operations, and vehicle ICDs.
• Demonstrated experience taking fluidic flight hardware through qualification and into space.
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under ITAR.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in a related engineering field.
• Experience with electric and chemical propulsion feed systems, COPVs, and serial production.
• Experience with hazardous-operations procedures, range approvals, precision cleaning, contamination control, propellant compatibility, and fluid GSE.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-growing startup with more than $500M in funding and equity participation.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, plus life insurance.
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, parental leave, and childcare reimbursement for work-related travel.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks, office events, and tools for an equipped workspace.
• In-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office with a focus on real impact in aerospace and new space.