Mechanical Design Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States; on-site.

Salary: $150,000–$220,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global builds autonomous factories combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing for aerospace and defense companies.

What you will do

• Build accurate CAD models from naval prints, aerospace drawings, legacy prints, and other customer technical data.
• Create internal CAD models and drawings for each manufacturing state of a part.
• Own PLM data structures and move parts through release workflows.
• Implement customer and internal changes across part families, including customer geometry and related manufacturing-state models.
• Partner with manufacturing, tooling, programming, and inspection teams to deliver parametric models and rapid production changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Manufacturing Engineering, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 3+ years of professional mechanical design experience, including production CAD models and drawings for manufactured hardware.
• Proficiency in at least one parametric 3D CAD platform: NX, CATIA, Creo, or SolidWorks.
• Experience building models from complex 2D drawings and from incomplete or missing drawings.
• Working knowledge of GD&T under ASME Y14.5, engineering drawing standards, and PLM-based release and change control.
• Experience working directly with manufacturing teams and managing release schedules and priorities across multiple products.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR.

Nice to have

• Experience using Siemens NX on production parts.
• Experience with naval or shipyard drawings, customer technical data packages, and legacy prints.
• Experience with both naval and aerospace hardware.
• Experience creating in-process manufacturing-state models and drawings and running customer and internal change processes in parallel.
• Experience with machining, welded assemblies, tooling design, and CMM or scan-based inspection.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• 401(k).
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Equity.
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.