Staff Industrial Engineer (Spacecraft Production Scaling)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States; onsite

Salary: $175,000–$205,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles and spacecraft services for missions beyond Low Earth Orbit, including orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry.

What you will do

• Develop and execute strategies to increase spacecraft production rates, improve factory layouts and workflows, and remove manufacturing bottlenecks.
• Scale spacecraft assembly, integration, testing, and manufacturing processes to meet production and delivery targets.
• Lead factory planning, facility buildouts, equipment layouts, infrastructure upgrades, and operational readiness.
• Own capacity-driven capital planning, equipment procurement, investment prioritization, and deployment.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, business development, and leadership to solve production scaling problems.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, factory operations, or production scaling for complex hardware.
• Demonstrated success increasing manufacturing capacity and transitioning products from prototype builds to repeatable production.
• Experience with factory operations, facility layouts, equipment selection and deployment, tooling, production readiness, and infrastructure development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
• Must be a U.S. Person or eligible to obtain a U.S. export license due to ITAR and EAR requirements.

Nice to have

• 9+ years of experience in aerospace, spacecraft, defense, robotics, or other complex hardware manufacturing.
• Experience scaling spacecraft assembly, integration, test operations, or other high-reliability production processes.
• Experience establishing a new factory or scaling manufacturing through significant production growth.
• Experience with production scaling software such as Simeo, FlexSim, Plant Sim, or Copperleaf.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, production capacity modeling, equipment lifecycle planning, and asset management; a master’s degree is also valued.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-growth environment focused on building spacecraft production capabilities.
• Ownership from initial planning through execution, with work spanning engineering and operations.
• Full-time employees may be eligible for stock options.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Introductory and technical phone interviews.
• Onsite interview followed by an offer.