Build Reliability Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States

Salary: $119,543–$152,749 per year, plus potential stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing systems, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses.

What you will do

• Partner with design and manufacturing teams to create testing, manufacturability, and inspection plans for spacecraft hardware.
• Contain non-conforming products and guide quality inspectors, technicians, supervisors, and engineers.
• Lead failure investigations across production, testing, and operations, identifying root causes and implementing mitigations.
• Review hardware designs and acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses, build requirements compliance tools, and ensure test coverage, change management, and manufacturability.
• Own vehicle-level compliance, hazard analysis, verification evidence, and mission-assurance risk mitigation deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, materials science, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or a related engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with hardware testing, qualification, troubleshooting, or failure analysis.
• Experience applying process controls in high-volume manufacturing, testing, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, or analyzing production data.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. person and have access to export-controlled technology under ITAR requirements.

Nice to have

• Full project lifecycle ownership experience.
• Experience with measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, APQP, metrology, PFMEA, and control plans.
• Hands-on knowledge of CNC machining, additive manufacturing, casting, welding, fastening, or other special manufacturing processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on spacecraft hardware and commercial space infrastructure developed in-house.
• Collaborate across design, manufacturing, quality, flight reliability, and mission assurance functions.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace with evaluation based on merit, qualifications, and performance.
• Eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards.