Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Gardena, California, United States; onsite manufacturing role

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense startup developing an air-defense missile system.

What you will do

• Own manufacturing processes and scale interceptor production from early development builds to high-rate production.
• Define assembly sequences, process flows, station requirements, tooling needs, and manufacturing controls.
• Create and maintain work instructions, build travelers, inspection requirements, and configuration-controlled production documentation.
• Partner with design engineering on DFMA, assembly access, tolerances, tooling, inspection, testability, and producibility.
• Develop PFMEAs and translate manufacturing risks into prevention measures, inspection points, and process controls.
• Support technicians and cross-functional teams with build issues, operator training, nonconformances, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, electrical, industrial, aerospace, or related engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience creating work instructions and process flows, interpreting engineering drawings and bills of material, and working with configuration-controlled documentation.
• Practical experience with DFMA, PFMEA, manufacturing cost estimation, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Experience developing or deploying tooling, fixtures, manufacturing equipment, or production test systems.
• Experience with regulated quality environments, serialized hardware traceability, nonconformance and change-control processes, or manufacturing execution and ERP systems is valuable.
• Must meet U.S. ITAR eligibility requirements: U.S. citizenship or nationality, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with SolidWorks, automated test equipment, or equipment supplier acceptance activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work directly with technicians and hardware.
• Cross-functional collaboration with design, quality, test, and manufacturing engineering.
• Substantial ownership of manufacturing capabilities and production scale-up.
• Work focused on building complex electromechanical defense hardware.