Sr. Integration Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hawthorne, California; onsite.

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates multipurpose commercial planetary rovers, power systems, and data networks for sustained lunar operations.

What you will do

• Own the vehicle-level integration flow for CLV-1 rover builds, including build sequence, integration levels, verification, closeout, and shipment.
• Define the system integration and test approach with Systems Engineering and the Test team, including functional checkout activities and qualification-test boundaries.
• Lead complex integration operations and integrated vehicle tests, including first power-on, end-to-end functional tests, mobility checkouts, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Investigate anomalous vehicle behavior across mechanical, electrical, and software interfaces and represent integration at quality review boards.
• Lead integration and manufacturing readiness reviews, define integration equipment and facility requirements, and drive cross-functional execution of detailed integration plans.
• Establish integration standards and safe operating practices, including procedure templates, safe-to-mate practices, high-voltage battery operations, critical lifts, workmanship, and mentoring of engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field.
• 5+ years of integration, test, or manufacturing engineering experience on complex flight hardware such as spacecraft, launch vehicles, planetary or lunar surface systems, crewed vehicles, or aircraft.
• Hands-on experience leading vehicle- or system-level integration of flight hardware through functional test and handoff into environmental testing.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating vehicle hardware on crewed or human-rated vehicles or NASA flight programs.
• Experience owning anomaly investigations on integrated electromechanical systems and driving issues to root cause under schedule pressure.
• Strong understanding of vehicle electrical architecture, including power distribution, harnessing, data buses, grounding, and bonding.
• Experience with high-voltage and lithium-ion battery integration and safety on crewed vehicles or EV powertrain integration.
• Experience defining test philosophies and working knowledge of GSFC-STD-7000 (GEVS) and SMC-S-016.
• Knowledge of industry and NASA workmanship and fastener standards, including the NASA-STD-8739 series, NASA-STD-5020, J-STD-001, and IPC/WHMA-A-620.
• Proficiency with CAD modeling software such as NX and working knowledge of GD&T.
• Experience creating and managing integration work instructions through MES/MRP software such as Manufacturo.
• Experience documenting best practices and organizational process improvements in Jira and Confluence.
• Launch campaign experience; experience planning critical lifts and hazardous operations; familiarity with NASA-STD-8719.9.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineers and technicians.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, direct, honest, respectful, and transparent working environment.
• Focus on balance, diverse perspectives, quality, reliability, urgency, and impact.
• Equity ownership in the company.
• Medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits, plus a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible paid time off, parental leave, weekly lunch stipend, and complimentary on-site snacks and beverages.
• Monthly on-site social hour with food and drinks.

Hiring process

• Application review.
• Recruiter phone interview followed by video interviews.
• On-site interview, offer, and hiring decision.