Senior Robotics Automation and Controls Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $124,000–$186,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, including the Terran R launch vehicle, and the factory automation systems used to produce them.

What you will do

• Help lead the technical direction of a growing factory automation and controls engineering team.
• Design and implement robotic systems for welding, fabrication, material handling, and component inspection.
• Improve robotic systems already operating in production through simulation, offline programming, and deployment.
• Architect permanent factory automation infrastructure that improves manufacturing speed, quality, reliability, and efficiency.
• Partner with mechanical, manufacturing, and design engineers to create solutions for varied factory applications and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience programming Fanuc, Kuka, ABB, or similar robotics control systems, including motion planning, task allocation, and synchronization algorithms for multi-robot systems.
• Experience designing and implementing industrial safety systems, including risk assessments, job hazard analysis, and safety PLC programming.
• Ability to identify and mitigate technical risks in complex systems.
• Experience producing exceptional electrical and pneumatics schematics and work instructions.

Nice to have

• Experience with factory SCADA and analytics software such as Inductive Automation Ignition or Grafana.
• Experience writing PLC code and developing, activating, and troubleshooting PLCs, preferably Beckhoff; Siemens and Allen-Bradley Rockwell are also acceptable.
• Experience working with factory SCADA systems such as Inductive Automation Ignition.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work across design, manufacturing, automation, and tooling, with solutions deployed on the factory floor.
• Autonomy, ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and direct impact on rocket production.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support.