Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer I (Space Systems)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based out of the Long Beach office. The position may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

Base pay range: $115,200–$158,400 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for civil, commercial, defense, and exploration missions.

What you will do

• Own development of new and existing propulsion products or systems and act as technical lead through the end-to-end development process.
• Perform propulsion performance calculations, system modeling, static and transient analysis, system design, and model validation using test data.
• Gather, define, and manage requirements and lead systems engineering activities.
• Plan, set up, instrument, execute, and analyze propulsion tests.
• Make technical risk-based decisions, manage schedules and priorities, assign work to engineers and technicians, and communicate status to stakeholders and leadership.
• Mentor engineers and technicians, maintain engineering standards, and contribute to process development and documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, aerospace, mechanical, mechatronics, or another technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in propulsion system development or another high-performance engineering field.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• Expertise in propulsion system modeling, static and transient analysis, and model validation using Amesim, EcosimPro, Simulink, Simscape, or comparable test-data software.
• Experience with the end-to-end development process, including requirements gathering, detailed design, qualification, production, and acceptance testing.
• Experience with all steps of the Systems Engineering V and risk-based decision-making.
• Experience working on propulsion systems using different storable propellants, including electrical and chemical systems.

Nice to have

• Hands-on engineering experience, a curious mindset, willingness to learn, and comfort working with ambiguity.
• Ability to use engineering principles, literature, standards, technical risk assessments, test data, and physics-based models to make decisions.
• Experience planning technical work, scheduling delivery, and managing execution against the plan.
• Experience with Jama, Python for data manipulation and post-processing, NX or equivalent CAD, GD&T, engineering drawings, and PLM software such as Teamcenter or Windchill.
• Experience with National Instruments data acquisition systems, flight-hardware testing, and troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Master’s degree or PhD.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive base pay, company stock, and an employee stock purchase program offering a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options; HSA contribution; flexible spending and dependent-care accounts.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Additional benefits include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, gym memberships, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Work culture emphasizes teamwork, technical ownership, innovation, resilience, tight deadlines, and delivering results.

Hiring process

• U.S. office applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying refugee or asylum status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.
• Reasonable accommodation requests for the U.S. application or interview process should be submitted to the designated hirify.global contact.