Senior Structures Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite work with hands-on testing in factory and industrial environments

Salary: $124,000–$186,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, manufacturing infrastructure, and launch systems, including the Terran R vehicle for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Own the design and analysis of static and dynamic test stands, supporting structures, pressure systems, and associated mechanical hardware.
• Develop requirements, system architectures, engineering drawings, technical approaches, and documentation for fabrication, installation, procurement, and commissioning.
• Lead projects through the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements and design through fabrication, installation, commissioning, and operation.
• Review technical work and address structural, operational, and safety hazards against applicable requirements and engineering standards.
• Support assembly, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operation of test infrastructure through hands-on hardware work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of professional experience designing, analyzing, fabricating, commissioning, or operating mechanical, structural, or test systems.
• Experience applying engineering principles across requirements development, design, analysis, fabrication, commissioning, and operation of physical hardware.
• Experience with 3D modeling, engineering drafting, GD&T, and multidisciplinary engineering collaboration.
• Working knowledge of structural analysis and testing, including hand calculations and advanced analysis.
• Knowledge of structural strength, stability, fatigue failure mechanisms, and additive and traditional manufacturing processes.

Nice to have

• Experience with fluid systems, test stands, hydraulic, pneumatic, cryogenic, pressure, or process fluid systems.
• Knowledge of ASME B31.3, ASME BPVC, or similar pressure-system and process-piping standards.
• Experience with advanced finite element analysis, nonlinear analysis, or dynamic loading using NASTRAN, ANSYS, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with welding, machining, metalworking, hydraulics, piping, manufacturing, commissioning, or test operations.
• Experience developing engineering standards, technical review processes, or automated workflows using Python, VBA, or similar tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment with substantial autonomy, ownership, and technical responsibility.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Paid time off, sick leave, and parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Work may include elevated work areas, confined spaces, industrial environments, outdoor conditions, and occasional off-hours testing.