Spacecraft Thermal Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite at hirify.global’s headquarters

Base salary: $83,200–$114,400 USD annually. Total compensation, including equity: $90,150–$126,425 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical subsystems for commercial, exploration, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Complete thermal modeling and analysis of spacecraft and space vehicles.
• Conduct thermal design trade studies balancing performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Identify and resolve thermal design, acceptance, and performance issues in components and assemblies.
• Design and execute thermal tests and validate models using test and in-flight data.
• Collaborate with program, design, test, and engineering teams on thermal design and testing.
• Research potential vendors of thermal control materials.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience in thermal engineering.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• For U.S. office roles, candidates must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements, such as U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected status, or applicable government authorization.
• Ability to work for extended periods at a computer and occasionally in production areas with moderate noise, dust, and fumes.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer, thermal systems, and passive thermal management.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop, Siemens NX, Teamcenter, ANSYS, SINDA, THERMICA, NX Space Systems Thermal, Python, or MATLAB.
• Experience planning and analyzing thermal balance tests, heat pipes, multi-layer insulation, and 0-D or 1-D thermal/fluid networks.
• Knowledge of launch and on-orbit operations, orbital mechanics, and attitude dynamics related to thermal analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on spacecraft, launch systems, and hardware for ambitious space missions.
• Employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount and equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include flexible spending accounts, subsidized EV charging, fitness support, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.