Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; onsite work in production areas. Candidates seeking to work in U.S. offices must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements.

Base salary: $115,000–$158,000 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $135,000–$194,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems.

What you will do

• Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology research and development projects.
• Partner with Design Engineering to apply Design for Manufacture and improve product robustness and manufacturability at scale.
• Design, procure, install, validate, and optimize factories, assembly processes, test processes, and verification systems.
• Support development builds, resolve early production issues, and accelerate production ramp-up.
• Own production lines, remove blockers, improve yield and build efficiency, and drive process improvements across manufacturing, test, and integration.
• Lead failure triage, technical investigations, root-cause resolution, risk mitigation, change management, and business-system improvements with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a similar field.
• 5+ years of technical experience in a Manufacturing, Production, or Process Engineering environment.
• Hands-on experience proactively identifying and solving systemic, multifaceted problems in complex manufacturing systems.
• Ability to deliver multiple complex, multifaceted assignments simultaneously with autonomy.
• Ability to coach and mentor others across multiple teams.
• Detailed technical knowledge of complex manufacturing processes.

Nice to have

• Experience with environmental or production acceptance testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, and vacuum testing.
• Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4–20 mA sensors.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting a production line or build area.
• Experience transitioning products from design to production in a fast-paced, iterative, cross-functional environment.
• Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Ability to deliver complex assignments with autonomy.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount and equity as part of total compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and a zero-cost HDHP option with HSA contribution.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, discounted gym memberships, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Production-area work may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, and computer work, with occasional moderate noise, dust, and fumes.

Hiring process

• Employment in U.S. offices is subject to applicable ITAR authorization requirements.