Spacecraft Propulsion Components Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based out of the Long Beach office.

Base pay: $82,400–$113,300 USD annually.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own new and existing spacecraft propulsion and fluidic products or systems as a technical lead through the end-to-end development process.
• Create conceptual and detailed CAD designs for propulsion components and perform performance calculations and analysis.
• Review and approve drawings, 3D PMI, reports, specifications, qualification reports, and flight hardware releases.
• Plan, set up, instrument, execute, and analyze tests, including integration and troubleshooting of flight hardware.
• Manage project schedules, priorities, engineering and technician tasks, risks, and status communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Develop engineering processes and documentation while mentoring and coaching team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Experience in propulsion system development or another high-performance engineering field.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• For U.S. office roles, eligibility under U.S. Government ITAR regulations is required, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying refugee or asylum status, or applicable authorization.

Nice to have

• Mechanical design experience with NX or equivalent CAD software and PLM systems such as Teamcenter, Windchill, or similar.
• Experience with electrical or chemical propulsion systems and different storable propellants.
• Experience with design reviews, flight-part release approval, qualification reports, requirements and verification sets, test plans, testing, and test reports.
• Experience with end-to-end development from requirements and detailed design through qualification, production, and acceptance testing.
• Python skills for data manipulation and post-processing.
• Hands-on integration and testing experience, preferably with National Instruments equipment and software or data acquisition systems.
• Experience with GD&T, engineering drawings, flight-hardware testing and troubleshooting, and hands-on engineering.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and make decisions using engineering principles, standards, risk assessments, test data, and physics-based models.
• Master’s or PhD in engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Work involves prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
• Compensation includes company stock, an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Benefits include paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and flexible spending and dependent care accounts.
• Additional perks include subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, gym memberships, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• The work environment emphasizes rapid execution, teamwork, technical ownership, tight deadlines, and solving difficult engineering challenges.