Senior Mechanical Development & Test Engineer II (Aerospace)

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

Base salary: $132,000–$198,000 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $164,500–$255,275 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical space systems for commercial, civil, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Lead qualification test campaigns and high-volume acceptance test infrastructure development.
• Design, build, implement, and validate complex internal test capabilities.
• Manage test projects end to end, including resourcing, scheduling, and budgeting.
• Collaborate with design and test engineers to define requirements and iterate on test concepts.
• Design complex Mechanical Ground Support Equipment for test implementation.
• Advise on test capability limits, infrastructure needs, and future development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or another engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in the aerospace industry.
• Experience with NX Nastran, NX CAD, and Teamcenter.
• Experience with component- and system-level environmental testing.
• Experience with test automation and post-test data analysis.
• For work in US offices, eligibility under ITAR requirements is mandatory: US citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying refugee or asylum status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in mechanical engineering or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
• Python experience for automation and data analysis.
• Experience leading engineers and technicians.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock ownership through equity grants and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and a zero-cost HDHP option with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include FSA and dependent care accounts, EV charging, fitness facilities where available, gym discounts, snacks, and employee discounts.
• Production work may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes.