Mechanical Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents to meet customer and regulatory requirements. International travel to customer and partner facilities is required.

Salary: $110,000–$130,000 base salary plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops modular motion technologies and motion control components for industrial, aerospace, and defense applications.

What you will do

• Plan, write, and execute mechanical qualification and acceptance test procedures for actuators and integrated LRUs.
• Develop test plans and reports to DO-160G and MIL-STD-810H standards, covering vibration, shock, thermal, humidity, and altitude testing.
• Design and build mechanical test fixtures, load setups, instrumentation, and data acquisition configurations.
• Plan and execute load, life, durability, and environmental testing to validate cycle reliability requirements.
• Manage outsourced laboratory testing and witness tests at customer and partner facilities domestically and internationally.
• Analyze test data, identify mechanical failure modes, and drive root-cause and corrective-action activities with design engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of qualification or environmental test experience with aerospace, defense, or comparable hardware.
• Hands-on experience with DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 mechanical and environmental test campaigns.
• Proficiency with load cells, accelerometers, mechanical test instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and data analysis.
• Experience designing test fixtures and mechanical instrumentation setups, with strong technical writing skills for test plans and reports.
• U.S. Person status is required under ITAR, along with a valid passport for international travel.

Nice to have

• Experience with electromechanical actuators, motors, gear trains, or precision mechanisms.
• Thermal, vibration, and shock testing experience, including fixture design, modal considerations, and test tailoring.
• Exposure to commercial or defense certification environments.
• Experience managing third-party test laboratories and witnessing customer acceptance testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous work environment with a lean operating model focused on impact.
• Well-funded company already generating revenue.
• Medical insurance fully covered by the company.
• Life insurance equal to twice the salary, fully covered by the company.
• Flexible PTO, 401(k), financial wellness resources, and equity.