Build Reliability Engineer (Fluid Systems)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite role with up to 5% travel and support for mission-critical events outside normal working hours. The hired person must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $112,340–$195,552 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops human-rated space stations, space infrastructure, spacecraft, satellites, and future systems for the Moon and Mars.

What you will do

• Own build reliability for avionics hardware and work centers, setting expectations for reliability, manufacturability, and build and flight readiness.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance to establish scalable quality and verification plans across the product lifecycle.
• Define flight-hardware readiness criteria, including process qualification, manufacturability, and inspectability, and retire build risks during production ramp-up.
• Mature avionics production processes through improved documentation, equipment, tooling, process controls, data collection, and training.
• Lead containment, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, build-quality reviews, and recovery plans for high-impact and off-nominal issues.
• Drive cost-of-quality reductions through simpler requirements, clearer design standards, streamlined inspection and validation, and stronger process controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent communication and technical skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or higher, including an advanced engineering degree.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Experience with harness manufacturing, avionics or electromechanical manufacturing, functional testing, pressure testing, or environmental testing.
• Experience owning projects, performing root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and influencing suppliers.
• Ability to learn new tools, processes, and technical concepts quickly and collaborate across a matrixed organization.
• Detail-oriented approach with strong organizational and project-management skills, plus strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience with statistical controls and methods such as MSA, DOE, and hypothesis testing.
• Disciplined problem-solving using Six Sigma, 8D, or similar methods.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar quality systems and standards.
• Familiarity with IPC 620, IPC 610, NASA 8739.4, and SMC-S-016 standards relevant to solar arrays, avionics manufacturing, workmanship, and launch requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Exempt staff may receive 20+ vacation days with the ability to cash out unused vacation annually.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, discounts, snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch.