Lead Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site at the Broomfield, Colorado headquarters; relocation support is available.

Salary: $169,436–$192,675 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops VLEO spacecraft buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for sensing, communications, and responsive operations.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical authority for spacecraft manufacturing across buses, payloads, and common hardware.
• Develop manufacturing strategies, processes, tooling, work instructions, production readiness plans, and manufacturing systems.
• Partner with design engineering on manufacturability, DFM/DFA, technical challenges, and hardware improvements.
• Lead new product introduction and transition complex hardware from development builds into repeatable, scalable production.
• Work hands-on with production technicians to troubleshoot builds, resolve nonconformance, and drive corrective actions.
• Improve manufacturing quality, efficiency, cost, scalability, digital traceability, equipment, tooling, and infrastructure while mentoring engineering and production personnel.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or related roles supporting complex hardware, preferably in aerospace or other high-reliability industries.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading manufacturing engineering initiatives and establishing processes that improve production quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Strong hands-on experience with precision mechanical assembly, electromechanical integration, fastening, bonding, and harnessing.
• Experience transitioning complex hardware from prototype or development builds into repeatable production.
• Strong understanding of DFM/DFA, tooling development, manufacturing process controls, and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with CAD, PLM, MES, and configuration management systems.
• Ability to define technical direction independently, anticipate manufacturing challenges, and complete complex cross-functional projects.
• Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers and technicians, build consensus, and work hands-on in a fast-paced environment.
• This role is on-site in Broomfield, Colorado. Applicants must be a U.S. Person and must verify eligibility to work in the United States.

Culture & Benefits

• First-principles approach, rapid execution, calculated risk-taking, and continuous learning.
• In-person work at the Broomfield headquarters and participation as one of the first 100 employees.
• Employee equity compensation.
• 4% direct 401(k) matching and health insurance with 100% employee and 75% dependent coverage.
• Parental leave, childcare coverage, flexible vacation and sick time from day one, and 12 company holidays.
• $100 monthly wellness benefit and relocation support for candidates not based in Denver.