Loads and Dynamics Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $103,000–$155,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops launch vehicles, including the Terran R rocket, to deliver customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Drive hardware design maturation and operational decisions through engineering analysis and cross-functional communication.
• Develop dynamic loads, load levels, and criteria from initial concepts through post-test data review.
• Inform primary structure design and customer load inputs through Coupled Loads Analysis.
• Develop and validate random vibration and shock specifications and support hardware qualification.
• Build, validate, and document analytical models for component load prediction.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree with an emphasis on mechanics and vibrations.
• Experience with finite element analysis or other modeling approaches for dynamic response analysis.
• Experience with relevant testing, instrumentation, and data analysis.
• Fluency in Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages for engineering analysis.
• Familiarity with statistics and data analysis.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize work, and collaborate across engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Graduate degree in engineering or a related field.
• High-speed or modal data acquisition and signal-processing experience.
• Experience with NASTRAN, VA One, Wave6, LS-DYNA, or similar analysis tools.
• Experience with coupled loads analysis or multibody dynamics.
• Experience with liquid rocket engines, launch vehicle analysis, or related aerospace work.

Culture & Benefits

• High autonomy, ownership, and cross-functional influence across the launch system.
• Hands-on collaboration with hardware and operations teams.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.