Build Engineer (Castings)

Location: On-site in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, or based in Los Angeles with travel to Kutztown up to 25% of the time.

Salary: $150K–$220K annually, plus equity.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own new product and process introduction for large structural castings from requirements and design review through qualification, ramp, and handoff to standard production.
• Translate customer specifications, drawings, and contract requirements into casting requirements, quality levels, inspection plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Reverse engineer castings and assemblies from legacy drawings, incomplete technical data, or physical parts, and establish design intent, critical zones, and buildable sequences.
• Review designs for castability and define casting routes covering patterns, pouring, heat treatment, cleaning, NDT, weld repair, dimensional inspection, and machining handoff.
• Coordinate with Design, Capability Engineering, Supply Chain, foundries, Quality, NDT, metallurgy, and Operations on simulations, qualification castings, first article approval, and production ramp.
• Own BOMs, work orders, work instructions, engineering changes, configuration control, non-conformance disposition, root cause analysis, and corrective action.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in build, manufacturing, or casting engineering with direct ownership of large castings from requirements through production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Materials, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience interpreting customer specifications, drawings, and contract quality clauses and translating them into build requirements.
• Working knowledge of large steel castings, including sand molding, heat treatment, weld repair, casting defects, DFM, and quality levels.
• Experience reverse engineering castings or cast assemblies from incomplete technical data, legacy drawings, or physical parts.
• Understanding of casting NDT methods including RT, UT, MT, and PT, and how acceptance criteria derive from product requirements.
• Experience structuring BOMs, work orders, and work instructions in PLM, ERP, or MES systems, including engineering change and configuration management.
• Strong GD&T and 3D CAD skills.
• Experience working on a foundry floor with melt, molding, heat treat, and inspection teams, and with outside foundries on first article approval.
• Must be able to work on-site in Kutztown, PA, or be based in Los Angeles and travel to Kutztown up to 25% of the time.
• 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 with MAGMASOFT, ProCAST, FLOW-3D CAST, or other solidification simulation software.
• Experience with HY-80, HY-100, or other high-yield steel castings for naval programs.
• Experience with Monel, nickel-aluminum bronze, stainless steel, or other difficult alloys.
• Experience with dissimilar-metal joints and cladded surfaces.
• Knowledge of casting weld repair and weld qualification, including PQR/WPS.
• Familiarity with NAVSEA casting inspection requirements, including T9074.
• Experience standing up a new cell, foundry, or factory while the product was still in development.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• 401(k) and equity.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
• Work in an on-site, Navy-approved steel foundry with simulation, heat treat, NDT, metallurgical testing, and machining capabilities.