Supply Chain Engineer, Mechanical (Aerospace Manufacturing)

Location: El Segundo, California; onsite five days a week. Remote work is not considered. Travel up to 25% to supplier facilities, hirify.global factories, and customer sites is required.

Annual salary: $100,000–$180,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures critical components and subsystems for aircraft, military vehicles, and core infrastructure, with a focus on restoring domestic manufacturing and supply-chain capability.

What you will do

• Own build-to-print contracts from award through first article and rate production.
• Decompose technical data packages into requirements matrices and flow requirements to engineering, procurement, production, and suppliers.
• Build and manage schedules covering materials, tooling, qualification, first article inspection, and delivery.
• Lead supplier defect containment, nonconformance disposition, corrective actions, and root-cause investigations.
• Qualify and develop machine shops, fabricators, foundries, forge houses, molders, and special-process suppliers through capability reviews and onsite audits.
• Provide technical support for machining, tooling, fixturing, process control, inspection, and supplier improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of professional or internship experience in quality, manufacturing, process, program, or supply chain engineering.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, including GD&T, and working knowledge of at least one primary mechanical process.
• Experience owning a project or program with an external commitment, including schedule ownership and cross-functional execution.
• Ability to communicate directly with customers and suppliers about technical, quality, and schedule commitments.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR, such as a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected person.

Nice to have

• Aerospace, defense, or other regulated hardware experience.
• Build-to-print, contract manufacturing, technical program management, product ownership, or NPI experience.
• Experience with machining, castings, forgings, sheet metal, injection molding, soft goods, or NADCAP special processes.
• AS9100, AS9102, supplier approval, metrology, CMM, root cause analysis, FMEA, SPC, DOE, or lean manufacturing experience.
• Experience with formal scheduling tools, customer reporting, government requirements, or SQL-based supplier performance analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work is required five days per week.
• Up to 25% travel to suppliers, factories, and customer sites.
• Extended hours may be required to support production and resolve critical issues.
• Valid driver’s license required.