Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, spacecraft, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Design mechanical systems for aerospace communication products from concept and requirements definition through detailed design, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and field support.
• Develop electronics packaging, thermal management, aircraft mechanical interfaces, and ruggedized embedded electronics solutions.
• Perform mechanical simulations and analyses, including thermal, finite element, shock, vibration, stress dynamics, environmental compatibility, and EMI/EMC mitigation.
• Apply GD&T, precision machining, design-for-test, manufacturability, assembly, reliability, and cost-analysis principles.
• Present engineering design reviews to customers and leadership and contribute to proposal writing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 12 years of industry experience in avionics or ruggedized embedded electronics packaging, aircraft structures, or mechanisms, including thermal, vibration, and stress analysis.
• Experience with electronics assemblies and close collaboration with electrical engineers.
• Professional experience with CAD and FEA tools such as SolidWorks and Ansys, plus CNC manufacturing.
• Experience with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and design for test, manufacturability, assembly, and reliability.
• Must meet U.S. Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-person status, or eligibility to obtain the required authorization.

Nice to have

• Aerospace design, development, and qualification experience.
• Technical leadership on a program or project.
• Aircraft or airframe integration experience.
• FAA certification experience against DO-160G or environmental qualification experience against MIL-STD-810.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a dynamic cross-functional environment.
• Opportunities to work across satellite, spacecraft, UAV, launch vehicle, and airborne systems.
• Collaborative work with mechanical, electrical, and other engineering disciplines.